Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden’s Facebook Fan Page has been shut down. The account became active less than a month ago, but had already attracted nearly 1000 fans to watch posts linking to speeches and recordings of the Islamic extremist.

Osama had a page named “The leader of the Mujahideen, Osama bin Laden” and his address is given as “the mountains of the world”.

Facebook spokesman Andrew Noyes said “People often attempt to register fake accounts under the name of famous or infamous people, and we have a number of technical measures designed to prevent this behavior”

“Sometimes these fakes do get through, but there is no evidence to suggest that the account in question or the other dozens of people who have tried to present themselves as Osama Bin Laden have any relation to the terrorist. As is our standard practice, we have disabled the account,” he added.

Although it is unclear who started the page, Facebook says they doubt there is any direct link, and the page was likely put up by supporters in the Middle East.