Bin Laden’s son reported killed

ONE of Osama bin Laden’s sons was probably killed by a US missile strike in Pakistan earlier this year, US National Public Radio reported, citing US intelligence sources.

A US counter-intelligence official said it was “80% to 85%” certain that Sa’ad bin Laden, who was in his 20s, had been killed.

The official said the son of the al-Qaida leader was not a major figure, and would not have been important enough to target but “was in the wrong place at the wrong time.”