Police in the Russia are searching for the attackers who detonated a bomb Friday outside a synagogue in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. Authorities say they are looking for two teenagers who may have links to right-wing skinhead groups. 

Russian officials have been on the alert for an upsurge in skinhead-related violence around the birthday Saturday of Adolf Hitler. The Itar-Tass news agency says reinforced police patrols are guarding foreign embassies in Moscow following threats by extremists. 

Last week, several foreign embassies received warnings of what was called a "skinhead war" against foreigners. Embassies of the United States, Japan and a number of African nations have cautioned their citizens to take extra precautions in light of the threats. 

Last October, three people were killed in an attack by about 300 skinheads on an outdoor market in Moscow. A Kenyan diplomat was badly beaten in another recent attack. 

About 10,000 Russians, mostly young men, are believed to be members of skinhead and other neo-Nazi groups. 

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