Video footage of a gunman's assault on a restaurant during the Nov 13 Paris attacks has surfaced online. The footage captured the harrowing moment when a woman was nearly killed - only to be saved by a faulty weapon.

The video, obtained by British newspaper Daily Mail, shows the assault rifle-wielding assailant spraying the Casa Nostra pizzeria on rue de la Fountaine au Roi with a hail of bullets at 10.34pm (Paris time).

Restaurant patrons were seen scrambling for cover as glass shattered around them.

He turned and pointed his weapon downwards at one of the women - identified as a 40-year-old who was at the pizzeria for dinner and a glass of wine - who said she only saw a pair of shoes and heard the "click, click, click" sound of the gunman's weapon.

The gunman then ran off down the street, and one of the women is seen emerging from under the table before escaping. The second woman followed her soon after.

Although none of the patrons or staff inside the pizzeria died during the attack, two suffered minor bullet wounds.

At least five people in the vicinity were killed, while a further eight were seriously injured.