Osama bin Laden’s son is dead

Hamza bin Laden, the son of deceased al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, died in “a United States counterterrorism operation in the Afghanistan/Pakistan region,” the White House confirmed on Saturday. It’s not clear when or exactly how he died.

What was his role? When the U.S. State Department placed a $1 million bounty on Hamza in March, it described him as an emerging leader of al-Qaeda who “threatened attacks against the United States and allies.” President Donald Trump said his death “not only deprives al-Qaeda of important leadership skills and the symbolic connection to his father but undermined important operational activities of the group.”

Dig deeper: From the WORLD archives, read Mindy Belz’s report on the United States’ next steps after Osama bin Laden’s death in 2011.