MADRID, Nov 8: Spain has rejected a final appeal for asylum by a son of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and put him on a plane bound for Egypt, the interior ministry and a lawyer for the man said on Saturday.

Omar Osama bin Laden and his British wife left Spain on a commercial flight on Saturday afternoon, the day after his final appeal for asylum was rejected, lawyer Bianca Sharma told The Associated Press. She would not say which airline they were on.

“We fought to the last minute,” Sharma said. “We used up every legal avenue and it wasn’t possible (to stay).”

The younger bin Laden, 27, flew to Spain on Monday and spent the week in a transit area at Madrid’s Barajas Airport. He claimed he would not be safe if returned to an Arab country.

Sharma described her client as a “beautiful person”. She said his petition was denied for political reasons.—AP