SANAA, Yemen (CNN) -- Death sentences were carried out Sunday by al Qaeda members against three people after al Qaeda-run courts convicted them of spying for the Yemeni government, the United States and Saudi Arabia, according to numerous sources and eyewitnesses.
The suspects admitted to spying and being behind the killing of a number of al Qaeda fighters in Yemen, according to the sources.
Two executions took place in the southern Abyan province, while the third was in Azzan, Shabwa province.
A senior security official in Abyan confirmed that the government did not have the ability to help the suspects. "Jaar (in Abyan province) is mostly an al Qaeda-run town where we have little to no influence in what happens inside," said the official who is not authorized to talk to media.
The executions took place in open daylight in front of residents after the death sentences were read aloud.
Source: CNN, Feb. 12, 2012
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