(BREITBART) — Afghan officials have confirmed reports of an attack on the American University of Afghanistan Kabul campus, with various reports on social media suggesting a number of professors and students are still stuck inside.

Update 2:05PM EDT: Reuters is confirming at least one death in the raid and fourteen wounded, citing the head of Kabul’s hospital network.

Update 12:45PM EDT: Local Afghan media say hundreds have escaped the university but many trapped inside. While unofficial death and injured counts are circulating on social media, Afghan authorities have yet to release a number.

#AUAF UPDATE Unconfirmed reports indicate about 100 students & staff escaped but many trapped inside – some locked down in saferooms #Kabul

— TOLOnews (@TOLOnews) August 24, 2016

TOLO News reports still active gunfire on the scene an hour after the siege began:

#AUAF UPDATE – Gunfire currently being heard as university attack continues #Kabul

— TOLOnews (@TOLOnews) August 24, 2016

Some are confirming earlier reports that attackers entered through a neighboring school for the blind:

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