The United States is offering a reward of up to $1m (£750,000) for
information about one of the sons of the late al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin
Laden.
Hamza Bin Laden is emerging as a leader of the Islamist militant group, 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.
In 2011, US special forces killed 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.
What is known about him?
Hamza Bin Laden, who is believed to be about 30 years old, was
officially designated by the US as a global terrorist two years ago.
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.
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.
"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.
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Source: BBC
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