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Bin Laden's son banned from France for praising terrorism

Omar bin Laden, the son of Osama bin Laden, has been banned from entering France, as announced on Tuesday by Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau. The decision was made due to a social media post in which the son of the Al-Qaeda leader expressed approval for terrorism.

Omar, son of Osama bin Laden, expelled from France
Omar, son of Osama bin Laden, expelled from France
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The son of the Al-Qaeda leader, 43-year-old Omar bin Laden, had been in France since 2016. He lived in a village in the Normandy region, in the Orne department, where he worked as a landscape painter. Omar's wife is a British citizen.

On Tuesday, October 8, French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau announced that Omar bin Laden had been banned from entering France and had already been expelled from the country. Retailleau did not reveal the details regarding the time or destination of bin Laden's deportation. However, it is known that the 43-year-old will not be able to return to France for any reason.

According to the local weekly "Le Publicateur Libre," quoted by Reuters, Omar bin Laden attracted the attention of the French authorities in 2023 when, on his father's birthday, he posted a message on social media praising terrorism.

Bin Laden's son expelled from France

The AFP agency reported that Omar bin Laden was born in Saudi Arabia and spent his early years in Sudan and Afghanistan. At 19, he left his father, and since then, he has lived in various countries, including Arab states.

The man closely resembles his father, and in one interview, he claimed he was more intelligent than his brothers, which is why Osama bin Laden chose him as his successor. According to Omar's accounts, he severed ties with the terrorist world because terrorists tested chemical weapons on his pets.

Osama bin Laden, responsible for the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001, was killed by U.S. forces on May 2, 2011, in Abbottabad, Pakistan, near the country's capital, Islamabad.

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