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Twelve people killed in American University attack - UPDATED

Twelve people killed in American University attack - <span style="color: red;">UPDATED

25 August 2016 05:12 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Twelve people, including seven students, three police and two security guards, were killed in an attack by gunmen on the American University in the Afghan capital, Kabul, police said on Thursday, APA reports quoting Reuters.

Fraidoon Obaidi, chief of the Kabul police Criminal Investigation Department, told Reuters 44 people were wounded, including 35 students.

Security forces killed two suspected militants to end the attack on the compound, which began on Wednesday evening with a large explosion followed by gunfire, a police official said earlier.

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19:52

Baku – APA. Gunmen attacked the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul on Wednesday, with explosions and gunfire reported inside the campus, an Afghan interior ministry official and a student said, Reuters reported.

"Several gunmen attacked the American University in Kabul and there are reports of gunfire and explosions," the official said. "They are inside the compound and there are foreign professors along with hundreds of students."

Ahmad Shaheer, a student at the university, told Reuters by telephone that he was trapped inside the university.

"We are stuck inside our classroom and there are bursts of gunfire," he said.