you've spent a lot of time in that region familiar with that consulate in erbil. what do we know about this attack? >> we understand wolf, the explosion took place at about 5:50 p.m. local time. according to kurdish security forces there was a small ied explosion into the consulate, a christian neighborhood very popular with expats. now when that bomb went off, shortly afterwards another -- a car started to approach the consulate. kurdish supreme court forces outside the consulate opened fire on that car, but the car subsequently exploded. as you said killing at least three people wounding five according to our sources in the area. now, also what happened afterwards there is a parentally an hour-long exchange of gunfire according to eyewitnesses we've