US intelligence officials says the son of al‑Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden, Hamza, has died.
The BBC reports details of Hamza Bin Laden's place or date of death remain unclear in the anonymously‑sourced reports.
In February, the US government offered $1m for information leading to his whereabouts.
Hamza Bin Laden, thought to be aged about 30, had released audio and video messages calling for attacks on the US and other countries.
The reports were first carried by NBC and the New York Times.
Hamza Bin Laden urged jihadists to avenge his father's killing by US special forces in Pakistan in May 2011.
He had also called on the people of the Arabian peninsula to revolt. Saudi Arabia stripped him of his citizenship in March.
Al‑Qaeda was the group behind the devastating 11 September 2001 attacks on the United States, but its status has been undermined during the past decade as the Islamic State group rose to prominence.
[Source:BBC]
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