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The United States has declared Osama Bin Laden’s Son, Hamza Bin Laden wanted and placed a bounty of $1Million to anyone that can provide information leading to his whereabouts.
It has emerged that Hamza is now the leader of the Islamist militant group, Al-Qaeda.
BBC reports that Hamza is believed to be based near the Afghan-Pakistan border.
In recent years, he has released audio and video messages calling on followers to attack the US and its Western allies in revenge for his father’s killing.
Two years ago, Hamza who is believed to be 30-years-old was officially designated by the US as a global terrorist.
The US state department says he married the daughter of Mohammed Atta, who hijacked one of the four commercial aircraft used in the 2001 attacks, and crashed it into one of the World Trade Center towers in New York.
In 2011, US Special Forces killed Hamza’s father Osama Bin Laden in a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. He approved the attacks on the US on 11 September 2001, in which nearly 3,000 people were killed.
Letters from Osama Bin Laden seized from his compound indicated that he had been grooming Hamza, thought to be his favourite son, to replace him as leader of al-Qaeda.
Hamza Bin Laden is believed to have spent years with his mother in Iran, where it is thought his wedding took place, while other reports suggest he may have lived in Pakistan, Afghanistan or Syria.
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