Allaoua M’barak, Mohamed Dorbane, and Djamel Derraz, journalists with the independent evening daily Le Soir d’Algérie, were killed while working at the Maison de la Presse in Algiers when a car bomb exploded outside the building. Three other daily newspapers whose offices are also in the building were damaged, and at least 15 other people were killed. Islamic militants are thought to be responsible for the attack.