Footage of restaurant customers hiding in the Philou restaurant just around the corner from the terror attack on Le Petit Cambodge.

Filmer's description:
"Four of us were eating dinner at Philou, which is about a block away (around a corner) from Le Petite Cambodge, where one of the shootings happened. We were sitting outside. We heard about 10-20 shots in a steady boom, boom, boom manner. Like a semi-automatic. Then we heard a couple other shots which sounded like it was from a different gun. At first we thought it might be fireworks. Then, about 5 seconds later, we heard a few more shots and saw people running around the corner onto our street. Everyone sitting outside quickly got up and ran into the restaurant...we went to the back, and down the stairs.

There was obviously much confusion. Someone who ran into the restaurant from Le Petit Cambodge said she saw the person with the gun and saw at least one dead body. She also said it was a local mafia thing and didn’t seem too concerned!? After about 15 minutes, everyone who was sitting outside actually went back outside to continue eating. We thought that was weird, but all the locals did, so we did. Then another 15 minutes or so and we heard someone yelling (maybe police telling us to go back inside?) and everyone outside ran back inside again, and we stayed there for awhile.

The first shots were around 9:30 and we ended up leaving at 12:30. We had to walk approx 30 minutes back to our place."

Four of us were eating dinner at Philou, which is about a block away (around a corner) from Le Petite Cambodge, where one of the shootings happened. We were sitting outside. We heard about 10-20 shots in a steady boom, boom, boom manner. Like a semi-automatic. Then we heard a couple other shots which sounded like it was from a different gun. At first we thought it might be fireworks, because, well, of course it’s not *that many* gunshots. Then, about 5 seconds later, we heard a few more shots and saw people running around the corner onto our street. Everyone sitting outside quickly got up and ran into the restaurant...we went to the back, and down the stairs.

There was obviously much confusion. Someone who ran into the restaurant from Le Petite Cambodge said she saw the person with the gun and saw at least one dead body. She also said it was a local mafia thing and didn’t seem too concerned!? After about 15 minutes, everyone who was sitting outside actually went back outside to continue eating. We thought that was weird, but all the locals did, so we did. Then another 15 minutes or so and we heard someone yelling (maybe police telling us to go back inside?) and everyone outside ran back inside again, and we stayed there for awhile.

The first shots were around 9:30 and we ended up leaving at 12:30. We had to walk approx 30 minutes back to our place. On our way, we came across two cops running after a guy. It turns out the guy parked his car in an open spot across the street from a police station, and the cops got suspicious. It was nothing at all; just a random guy parking his car, but it shows how on edge everyone was. We asked one of the cops if it’s safe to continue to walk our direction, and she said, “I don’t know.” There were many people on the street walking back, and we knew we were away from the hostage situation, so we finished it off. We are back at our Airbnb apartment, a random residential apartment building, on the 5th floor, on the outskirts of Paris. We are here now and feel very safe, while also feeling sad, confused, stunned, and numb. And lucky.