Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams says the US assassinating of defenseless al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden has left "a bumpy sentiment".
Bin Laden killed in an attack on a Pakistani hiding place, and the US primarily said he was armed but later accurate that.
He said that when "faced with somebody who was obviously a war illicit it is imperative that justice is perceived to be hand out. But "various stories of incidents" had done little to make certain that, he added.
The US said Bin Laden was a legitimate military target and he had made no effort to give up.
Dr. Williams, asked about the killing during a press conference on Thursday, said: "I think the assassinating of an unarmed man is always going to leave a very painful feeling because it doesn't appear as if justice is seen to be done.
"In those conditions I feel it's also correct that the various versions of incidents that have come out in these days have not done a great deal to help.
"I don't know the full facts any more than anyone else does. But I do consider that in such conditions when we are confronted with somebody who was clearly a war criminal in terms of the brutalities imposed it is imperative that justice is seen to be served."
Vincent Nichols, spokesman for Archbishop, the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, said the Church would not be remarking on Bin Laden's death.
Critics have grown worries about the validity of the operation, after the US changed its account to admit Bin Laden was unarmed when shot dead. But US Attorney General Eric Holder said Bin Laden was a legitimate military target, whose assassinating was "an act of countrywide self-defense".
"It was a kill-or-arrest mission. He made no effort to surrender."
The US has presented two different consecutive accounts of the killing of Bin Laden. Initially, officials said the al-Qaeda chief had "taken part" in a firefight when he was shot dead.
On Tuesday, the White House accurate this, stating Bin Laden was unarmed. But it still persisting that he was resisting arrest- although it is not clear accurately how he did this.
A White House spokesman recommended the primary puzzlement was the consequence of attempting to give a great deal of information in quickness.
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