In Algeria, at least 24 people were killed in a bombing attack on a government building. It was the worst attack on the capital Algiers in a decade. The group al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility.

Algerian Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem: “This is a crime and a cowardly act. It could only be carried out by cowards. At the time when the Algerian people are calling for national reconciliation is when they carry out these operation against Muslim people. This can only be described this as a crime.”