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Chilling video shows Paris attacker trying to shoot woman, gun doesn't fire

By Sheena McKenzie, for CNN
Updated 1425 GMT (2225 HKT) November 19, 2015

Story highlights

  • Dramatic surveillance video shows gunman aim at customer, but gun doesn't fire
  • Video shows restaurant staff comforting injured victims
(CNN)It's a moment of horror almost too chilling to watch.
As three teams of terrorists fanned out across Paris November 13, eventuallykilling 129 people, surveillance video from one cafe -- obtained by the Daily Mail -- shows shocked patrons scattering and trying to hide under tables and chairs as bullets spray through the windows.
A woman takes refuge by the door of the restaurant.
Within seconds, a man (shown circled in red) holding what appears to be an AK-47 machine gun approaches the woman and pulls the trigger inches from her head.
But the gun does not fire.
    He then lifts his weapon, and walks away.
    Police officers detain a man in Saint-Denis on November 18.
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    Police forces operate in Saint-Denis on November 18.
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    Police gather during the raid in Saint-Denis.
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    Police take positions during the raid.
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    A man approaches a line of police officers during the raid.
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    The diverse, working-class area is home to the Stade de France sports stadium, where three suicide bombings took place days earlier.
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    Residents of the area are evacuated by police in Saint-Denis.
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    Members of the French police take up position.
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    A body is removed from an apartment that was raided by police in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, France, on Wednesday, November 18. French special forces raided a building in Saint-Denis, looking for those behind the recent <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/13/world/gallery/paris-attacks/index.html" target="_blank">terrorist attacks in Paris.</a> The hours-long ordeal ended with at least two suspects are dead and eight detained.
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    Authorities zeroed in on the building in Saint-Denis after picking up phone conversations that a relative of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the attacks' purported ringleader, might be there.
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    A forensics team searches for evidence outside the building on November 18.
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    A body is removed from the building on November 18.
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    A forensics team searches for evidence outside the building.
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    People are cordoned off as police officers surround the apartment building.
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    French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve visits Saint-Denis on November 18.
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    Police officers detain a man in Saint-Denis on November 18.
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    Police forces operate in Saint-Denis on November 18.
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    Police gather during the raid in Saint-Denis.
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    Police take positions during the raid.
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    A man approaches a line of police officers during the raid.
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    The diverse, working-class area is home to the Stade de France sports stadium, where three suicide bombings took place days earlier.
    15 photos: French raid in Saint-Denis
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    Residents of the area are evacuated by police in Saint-Denis.
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    Members of the French police take up position.
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    A body is removed from an apartment that was raided by police in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, France, on Wednesday, November 18. French special forces raided a building in Saint-Denis, looking for those behind the recent <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/13/world/gallery/paris-attacks/index.html" target="_blank">terrorist attacks in Paris.</a> The hours-long ordeal ended with at least two suspects are dead and eight detained.
    15 photos: French raid in Saint-Denis
    Show Caption
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    Authorities zeroed in on the building in Saint-Denis after picking up phone conversations that a relative of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the attacks' purported ringleader, might be there.
    15 photos: French raid in Saint-Denis
    Show Caption
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    A forensics team searches for evidence outside the building on November 18.
    15 photos: French raid in Saint-Denis
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    A body is removed from the building on November 18.
    15 photos: French raid in Saint-Denis
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    A forensics team searches for evidence outside the building.
    15 photos: French raid in Saint-Denis
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    People are cordoned off as police officers surround the apartment building.
    15 photos: French raid in Saint-Denis
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    French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve visits Saint-Denis on November 18.
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    Police officers detain a man in Saint-Denis on November 18.
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    The extraordinarily lucky diner leaps up and makes a run for it, followed closely by another customer crouching nearby.
    The footage, shot from three different angles, also shows a woman running inside the restaurant clutching her wrist and ducking behind the counter where she is comforted by a waitress.
    Staff who had fled into a downstairs area later emerge and herd customers to safety in the basement.
    Remarkably, no one was reported killed during this particular attack. The name and exact location of the restaurant has not been named for security reasons.
    The gunman in the footage is believed to be 26-year-old Salah Abdeslam, according to the Daily Mail, an attacker who is still on the run.
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