Two men and a woman died.
They must have known who he was, what he had done, and that he was a target.
They chose to link their destiny to his and join in his martyrdom.
And they were combatants.

Had OBL been allowed to continue planning mass casualty operations, unknown numbers more would have been slaughtered.
Don T, 9/11 was the highest number of our nationality ever killed in a single terror outrage.
50+ Londoners died in 7/7 and many more live on maimed, mutilated and disfigured.
Those who died in the compound were actively working to kill more of our people Don T.