Osama Bin Laden in an Al-Qaida propaganda video dated September 7, 2007. -
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Omar bin Laden, the fourth eldest son and alleged heir to former al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, lives in Orne.
The man spoke with the American magazine
Vice
, whose interview is relayed by
Le Point
.
During the interview, the 39-year-old reflected on his traumatic childhood and his education for war.
The childhood of Omar Bin Laden was indeed marked by the fights of his father.
At 15, he was taken to Al-Qaida training camps near Tora Bora to be prepared for armed struggle.
Fascinated by the United States
Osama Bin Laden's son says he used to beat his children regularly.
The latter saw him for the last time a few months before September 11, 2001. The neo-Norman indicates that he has a passion for America, which he has never known.
Omar Bin Laden also recounts his current life, and indicates that he settled in Normandy with his wife Zaina Mohamed Al-Sabah and their horses.
He began painting during confinement, encouraged by his wife.
Since then, he has painted a dozen canvases.
On one of them, we see the mountains of Tora Bora, in Afghanistan, in which his father hid after the attacks of September 11.
At that time, Omar Bin Laden was 20 years old and lived in Saudi Arabia with his mother.
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