The United States on Thursday designated Hamza bin¹ Laden², son of late al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, as terrorist, the State Department said in a statement.

 

本周四，美国国务院在一份声明中表示，将基地组织领导人奥萨马·本·拉登的儿子哈姆扎·本·拉登列为恐怖分子。
 

 

As a result of the designation, all property subject to U.S. jurisdiction³ in which Hamza bin Laden has any interest is blocked and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in any transactions with him.

 

On August 14, 2015, Hamza bin Laden was officially announced by al-Qaeda senior leader Ayman al-Zawahiri as an official member of the group.

 

Hamza bin Laden has called for acts of terrorism in Western capitals and threatened revenge against the United States, said the State Department, adding that in 2016, he also called on Saudi Arabian-based tribes to unite with al-Qaeda's affiliate⁴ in Yemen to wage war against Saudi Arabia.

 

Hamza bin Laden was born in 1989 in Saudi Arabia. His father Osama bin Laden, founder⁵ and former leader of al-Qaeda, was shot and killed on May 2, 2011 in Pakistan during a covert⁶ operation conducted by the United States.

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