A photograph circulated by the US State Department’s Twitter account.
Saudi Arabia strips Osama bin Laden's son of citizenship
In 2016, following in the footsteps of his father, Hamza bin Laden urged the overthrow of the leadership in their native Saudi Arabia.
Friday 01/03/2019
A photograph circulated by the US State Department’s Twitter account.
RIYADH - Saudi Arabia has stripped citizenship from Hamza bin Laden, the son of slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the interior ministry said in a statement published by the official gazette Umm Al Qura.
The US State Department said on Thursday it was offering a reward of up to $1 million for information leading "to the identification or location in any country" of Hamza, calling him a key al Qaeda leader.
Bin Laden, who according to the United States is around 30, has threatened attacks against the United States to avenge the 2011 killing of his father, who was living in hiding in the Pakistani garrison town of Abbottabad, by US special forces.
In 2015, bin Laden released an audio message urging jihadists in Syria to unite, claiming that the fight in the war-torn country paves the way to “liberating Palestine.”
And in a message a year later, following in the footsteps of his father, he urged the overthrow of the leadership in their native Saudi Arabia.
One of Hamza bin Laden’s half-brothers told the Guardian last year that Hamza’s whereabouts were unknown but that he may be in Afghanistan.