Two car bombs, one of which targeted the U.N. refugee agency's offices, killed at least 45 people including 10 U.N. staff members Tuesday in Algeirs, Algeria.
It was still unknown who died or which U.N. agencies they represented. The U.N. Development Program said one attack killed 30 people and that a second blast left another 15 people dead.
Tuesday's attack recalled the Aug. 19, 2003, attack on U.N. headquarters in Baghdad with a truck bomb that killed top U.N. envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello, and 21 others.
Over 200,000 people have been killed in Algeria due to Islamist armed groups and their attempts to overthrow the Algerian government.
A Sept. 6 attack during President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's visit to the eastern city of Batna killed 22 people, and a suicide bombing two days later on a coast guard barracks in the town of Dellys left at least 28 dead.
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