Donald Trump confirms Osama bin Laden's 'crown prince of terror' son Hamza was killed in a US counter-terrorism operation - after a $1million bounty was put on the 30-year-old Al-Qaeda heir

Hamza bin Laden, (pictured), the son of former Al Qaeda leader and 9/11 mastermind Osama, was killed in a counter-terrorism operation, the White House confirmed

Bad News for the Pakis : Hamza bin Laden, the son of former Al Qaeda leader and 9/11 mastermind Osama, has been killed in a counter-terrorism operation along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, Donald Trump has confirmed.

In July, intelligence officials said that the younger Bin Laden had been killed sometime in the last two years in an operation that involved the United States. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper confirmed the death last month, saying it was 'his understanding' that bin Laden was dead, but Trump and other senior officials had not publicly confirmed the news.

But in a statement released by the White House Saturday morning, Trump said the high-ranking Al Qaeda member, 'was killed in a United States counter-terrorism operation in the Afghanistan/Pakistan region'.

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