UN mourns as Al Qaeda bombs kill 26
Published: 12 December, 2007, 06:51
The UN has confirmed 11 of its staff died in a double car bombing in the Algerian capital, Algiers. A total of 26 people are reported to have been killed in Tuesday's attack and up to 200 injured.
The North African branch of Al Qaeda has claimed on a website that it was behind the bombings.
It described the UN offices as “the headquarters of the international infidels den.”
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