Car bomb attacks in Algeria on Tuesday killed up to 67 ­people, including several Algerians who worked for United Nations agencies. The Algerian government balmed the attack on Islamist militants.

The bombs went off in two of the most secure neighbourhoods in Algiers, the capital. One ripped off the façade of UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, in Hydra, an expensive residential district. The other explosion targeted the constitutional court, also in a well-guarded area and the site of other state buildings.