Bin Laden's son thought killed in US drone strike

Osama bin Laden's son Sa'ad was probably killed by a US missile strike in Pakistan earlier this year, US National Public Radio has reported, citing US intelligence officials.

A missile fired from a U.S. drone aircraft is believed to have killed him sometime this year, NPR cited an unnamed US counter-terrorism official as saying on its website. US intelligence agencies were "80 to 85 percent" certain Sa'ad bin Laden was dead, the official said, adding that he was not important enough to be targetted himself but was "in the wrong place at the wrong time." (Reuters)