and one was an asylum seeker. he was apparently running ten minutes late for service and the attack was going on when he arrived at the mosque. cnn is live in new zealand. our senior international correspondent ivan watson again leading our coverage outside the hospital there in christ's church, ivan. >> reporter: thank you, job. it is just after 10:00 p.m. here in christ's church. now, the authorities were urging residents of this city to stay indoors as of this morning as an extra security precaution. they've extended that to mosques across the country, urging them to stay closed for fear they could be targeted as well, as a first time visitor to this city, it is a relatively small city, a population under 400,000. the streets seem to be fairly quiet and it is eerie considering some of the eyewitness accounts of some of them seeing the actual gunman in the street with his weapons.