TERROR 3 LOSE HEADS

THREE terrorists have been publicly beheaded in Saudi Arabia.

The suspected al-Qaeda members were later displayed outside a mosque, their bodies tied to poles on top of which their heads were placed.

The three were beheaded with a sword in a public square in the northern Saudi city of al-Jawf where they carried out the murders, an Interior Ministry statement said.

They were convicted of killing a deputy governor, a religious court judge and police chief two years ago.

Islamic militants have carried out a string of suicide bombings and kidnappings and fought gun battles with security forces since May 2003.

The attacks have been blamed on Saudi-born Osama bin Laden's terror network.

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