United States put up £750,000 reward to find the son of Osama bin Laden – new al-Qaeda leader
A reward of $1million dollars (£750,000) has been offered for information that helps to capture Hamza Bin Laden, one of the sons of the late al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden.
Hamza Bin Laden is emerging as a leader of al-Qaeda, officials say. He is thought to be based near the Afghan-Pakistani 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.
US special forces killed Osama Bin Laden in 2011 in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
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.
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.
Rewards for Justice in collaboration with the US state department said Hamza bin Laden has been “calling on his followers to launch attacks against the United States and its Western allies.”
“We do believe he’s probably in the Afghan-Pakistan border [sic] and… he’ll cross into Iran. But he could be anywhere though in… south central Asia,” said Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security Michael Evanoff.
