2 Killed in Uzbekistan Embassies Blasts.

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan - Suicide bombers hit the U.S. and Israeli embassies Friday, killing at least two Uzbeks, news reports and police said. A third blast hit the general prosecutor’s office and caused “deaths,” a Russian news agency reported. A spokeswoman at the prosecutor’s office confirmed the blast.

The attacks occurred as 15 suspects with alleged links to al-Qaida stand trial for a wave of violence earlier this year that left at least 47 people dead. Those attacks had included Central Asia’s first-ever suicide bombings.

The Interfax news agency said a man with an explosive belt on his waist detonated bomb outside the American Embassy and Uzbek security forces surrounded the compound, stopping all traffic. Israel radio said the attack on the Israeli Embassy also was a suicide assault and that one of the dead there was an Uzbek security guard.

The radio said all the Israeli personnel were safe inside the embassy building, while Uzbek security forces conducted searches in the area. The explosion occurred on the pavement at the entrance to the embassy, the radio said.

Israeli Ambassador Tzvi Cohen also said no Israelis were hurt.

“An explosive device exploded at the entrance to the embassy in Tashkent but it’s still not clear if it was an explosive device or a suicide bomber,” Cohen told Israel Radio from the embassy.