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- Hamza bin Laden, the son of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, is dead after years of being a wanted man, according to reports.
- The US State Department offered a reward of up to $1 million for information about the son of the 9/11 mastermind in March 2019.
- The department considered Hamza bin Laden a top figure within al-Qaida and listed him as a top priority Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) in 2017.
- Here’s the story of Osama’s son, who is implicated in the assassination of a Pakistani prime minister, vowed to avenge his father’s death, and married the daughter of a 9/11 hijacker.
Hamza bin Laden, the son of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden who reportedly traveled to Afghanistan to "avenge" his father, is dead, according to reports.
On Thursday, The New York Times, NBC, and the BBC reported that bin Laden had died, citing multiple unnamed US officials. The BBC said he was killed in an air strike.
The US State Department in March 2019 offered a reward of up to $1 million for an "identification or location" that would help them capture him. According to the new reports, by that time he may already have been dead.
Bin Laden was being groomed to take over from Osama until his father’s death at the hands of the US Navy’s SEAL Team Six in 2011.
This is what we know about of the son of the most famous terrorist: where he started out, how he’s emerging as a leader in al-Qaida, and why the US was so keen to capture him.
The US State Department said Hamza bin Laden was born in 1989 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Newsy
Source: US State Department.
He is the son of Osama bin Laden, the 9/11 mastermind. His mother is Khairiah Sabar, one of bin Laden’s three surviving wives.
AP
Source: US State Department.
He was involved in al-Qaida operations from an early age — this video shows him at age 12.
Reuters
In 2005, he was identified in a separate video called "The Mujahideen of Waziristan," which showed an al-Qaida assault on Pakistani security forces in North Waziristan. He was 16 at the time.
Source: CBS.
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