Gruesome CCTV footage shows Paris attacks bomber blow himself up inside restaurant
Brahim Abdeslam is seen on CCTV detonating suicide belt inside French cafe on night of horror that killed 130
HORRIFIC new CCTV footage of an ISIS terrorist blowing himself up in French restaurant Comptoir Voltaire has surfaced for the first time since the Paris attacks.
Disturbing images depicting extremist Brahim Abdeslam’s violent death were caught on camera on November 13 last year, when an ISIS cell wreaked havoc on the French capital city, murdering 130 people across a number of arrondissements.
The footage sees French passport holder Brahim Abdeslam, 31, walk into the restaurant at 9:40pm on the Friday evening.
Clearly nervous, the now-notorious terrorist walks through the door after being dropped off by a car outside the venue.
He proceeds to walk to an empty table where he lowers his head, covers it with his left hand, and detonates his suicide belt seemingly without warning.
After a burst of white smoke, Abdeslam’s upper body can be witnessed gruesomely separating from his lower half.
The jihadi is killed immediately, though others sitting nearby miraculously escape the horrific blast with minor injuries.
There was reportedly so little left to Abdeslam’s body that officials were forced to rely on a sliver of a fingerprint to identify him.
France’s M6 channel decided to air the footage on Sunday on its ‘Zone Interdite’ programme, which is French for the Forbidden Zone.
The clip was then released to French media organisations, accompanied by a warning that it was not suitable for viewing by children. It spread quickly, appearing on various news and social media websites within hours.
French daily newspaper Le Figaro shared the shocking footage under the headline: “The shocking images of M6 showing Brahim Abdeslam blowing himself up.”
Brahim Abdeslam had been brother to Salah, 26, who fled Paris after he neglected to detonate his suicide belt at the Stade de France during a football match between France and Germany on the same fateful night.
The jihadist was caught in Brussels just last month after four months on the run, days before accomplices slaughtered 32 innocent civilians when the ISIS extremists hit the Belgian capital.
On March 22, three coordinated bombings were carried out by jihadists in Belgium, two at Brussels Airport and Maalbeek metro station.
Salah was caught just after Brahim’s last known remains were sealed in a coffin and put in the ground after a ceremony in the Belgian district of Schaerbeek.
The extremist is now to be extradited to Paris, where he will stand trial for mass murder as well as terrorist crimes.