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US officials claim Washington has intelligence that the son and possible successor of Osama bin Laden have been killed, NBC reports. As of yet, the officials have provided few additional details.
Three US officials who requested anonymity told NBC that Hamza bin Laden – son of terror leader and founder of al-Qaeda Osama bin Laden – has been killed. The circumstances of his death, or whether there was American involvement, are not clear.
Hamza bin Laden gave his last known public statement to the al-Qaeda group’s media arm in 2018, threatening Saudi Arabia with attack and calling for the overthrow of the Saudi monarchy, but has not been heard from since.
Born around 1989 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Hamza has been wanted by the FBI for ties to terror groups for some time. He was thought to travel frequently between Afghanistan, and Pakistan, according to the FBI.
Hamza was also reportedly married to the daughter of a senior al-Qaeda leader, Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, who operates under the alias Abu Muhammad al Masri. Abdullah is wanted for his role in embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998.
