Osama bin Laden's son and Al Qaeda heir Hamza killed: reports
US officials confirmed Hamza's death, but did not provide more details
US officials confirmed Hamza's death, but did not provide more details
US officials confirmed Hamza's death, but did not provide more details
US officials confirmed Hamza's death, but did not provide more details
Hamza bin Laden, son of slain Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and chosen heir of the terror group, has been killed, according to US media reports. US officials confirmed the same, but did not provide details of the place or date of Hamza's death.
NBC News first reported the information citing US officials.
When asked to confirm the news regarding Hamza's death and if he had prior intelligence it, President Donald Trump said he didn't want to comment on it.
Hamza had a bounty of USD 1 million on his head. Hamza, the 15th of Osama's 20 children, was “emerging as a leader in the Al Qaeda franchise,” the US State Department said in announcing the bounty in February 2019.
Osama bin Laden was killed by US special forces in Pakistan in 2011.
The US State Department had designated Hamza as a global terrorist in 2017 and said that Osama's son had threatened to take revenge on the United States for his father's death. The State Department also said that he called for terrorist attacks on Western countries.