 On 7 February 1962, the OAS attempted to assassinate the Culture Minister André Malraux by setting off a bomb in his apartment building that failed to kill its intended target, but did leave a four-year girl living in the adjoining apartment blinded by the shrapnel.The blinding of the girl did much to turn French opinion against the OAS.On 20 February 1962 a peace accord was reached for granting independence to all of Algeria.