dondondonki0390

[normal dust]

Please be patient

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[still pollen]

« en tentant » is the gérondif, commonly translated as 'while/by X-ing', so this is 'while attempting'. The full sentence would be :
' … then attackers fired several gunshots while attempting to take the seaside hotel by storm.'

DeepL gave you a weird translation because you didn't supply enough context: en tentant de faire quoi ? When I put the whole thing in, it gave me a sensible translation: