Aspiring al-Qaeda heir apparent Hamza bin Laden has been killed in a US anti-terror operation, President Donald Trump has announced.
“Hamza bin Laden, the high-ranking al-Qaeda member and son of Osama bin Laden, was killed in a United States counter-terrorism operation in the Afghanistan/Pakistan region,” a statement attributed to the president released by the White House on Saturday said.
Hamza’s last known public appearance was in 2018. The 30-year-old al-Qaeda veteran had positioned himself as successor to his father since 2015, and had been involved with the terror group since he was a teenager.
The terror commander’s alleged death was first reported in July by US media citing anonymous officials said to be “familiar with the situation,” but the White House made no official comment on the matter until Saturday.
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