Al-Qaeda militants beheaded three Yemeni men in the city of Maarib after accusing them of spying

Al-Qaeda militants beheaded three Yemeni men in the city of Maarib after accusing them of spying on their operations, said a tribal source close to Islamist militants. The headless bodies of the men, who formerly cooperated with Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), were found at dawn dumped in the streets of the provincial capital east of Sanaa, the source said. The men had been accused of planting tracking devices and providing Yemeni and U.S. intelligence with information which led to the killing of several Al-Qaeda members.