"It is with great sorrow and profound sadness that we offer our sincere condolences to the family of the four victims who tragically lost their lives in a landslide that caused the collapse of five precarious homes in Oran," the President of the Republic wrote on his official social media account.
He added: "In this painful ordeal, we pray to Almighty God to surround the deceased with His holy mercy and to grant a speedy recovery to all the injured. To Allah we belong and to Him we return."