Osama bin Laden’s son Hamza put on US terror watch list

Hamza bin Laden was named as a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist,” which “imposes sanctions on foreign persons determined to have committed, or pose a serious risk of committing, acts of terrorism that threaten the security of US nationals or the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States,” according to a release Thursday from the State Department.

Analysts have described the younger bin Laden, who was born in 1989, as a “crown prince” of al Qaeda, the terror group founded by his father and associates in the late 1980s.

In July 2016, al Qaeda issued another audio message from Hamza bin Laden threatening revenge against the US for his father’s death and warning Americans they would be targeted at home and abroad.

The State Department said Hamza “is actively engaged in terrorism” and “as a result of this designation, all property subject to US jurisdiction in which Hamza bin Laden has any interest is blocked and US persons are generally prohibited from engaging in any transactions with him.”