Trump Confirms Report That Osama Bin Laden’s Son Hamza Is Dead
- First official confirmation since July reports of his death
- White House says killing was a counterterrorism operation
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The White House has confirmed that Hamza bin Laden, son of late al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, is dead. He was killed in a U.S. counterterrorism operation in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, President Donald Trump said in a statement on Saturday without providing further details.
The elder Bin Laden used a family inheritance to build the global terrorist network that killed almost 3,000 people on Sept. 11, 2001. His son, believed to be between 28 and 30, was responsible for planning and dealing with various terrorist groups, Trump said.