Paris attacks: ‘Suicide bomb belt’ dumped on street

Trash is piled up on a street corner where what appears to be an explosives belt was found in Montrouge. Photo: 23 November 2015

French police are examining what appears to be a suicide bomb belt dumped on a Paris street, 10 days after the attacks that killed 130 people.

It is said to resemble belts used by the attackers and was found in a suburb which a suspect is thought to have passed through after the attacks.

The US has issued a worldwide travel alert in response to the attacks.

The Belgian capital Brussels remains on high alert, and schools and the metro will stay closed on Tuesday.

They are due to reopen on Wednesday but the highest alert level will continue for at least another week.

French police are examining what appears to be a suicide bomb belt dumped on a Paris street, 10 days after the attacks that killed 130 people.

It is said to resemble belts used by the attackers and was found in a suburb which a suspect is thought to have passed through after the attacks.

The US has issued a worldwide travel alert in response to the attacks.

The Belgian capital Brussels remains on high alert, and schools and the metro will stay closed on Tuesday.

They are due to reopen on Wednesday but the highest alert level will continue for at least another week.

Soldiers patrol Brussels, which is currently on its highest security alert level

Despite the restrictions, Belgium’s PM wants normality to return

Brussels on Monday saw a third day of unprecedented restrictions, with troops and armed police patrolling the streets.

Announcing that the state of alert would remain at level four, Mr Michel stressed “we must all progressively get back to a normal life”.

The rest of Belgium remains on alert level three, meaning an attack is seen as possible and credible.

Empty chairs at a Brussels cafe

Cafes and restaurants that did open in Brussels on Tuesday were quiet

Belgian police have charged a fourth suspect with terrorism offences related to the Paris attacks, the federal prosecutor said.

The unnamed man was one of 21 people detained in raids on Sunday and Monday. Seventeen have been released without charge.

Mohammed Amri, 27, and Hamza Attou, 20, have already been charged with aiding Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam, who remains at large. A third, unnamed suspect has also been charged.

Also on Monday, France carried out its first strikes against IS from its Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, newly deployed in the eastern Mediterranean.

French jets bombed IS targets in Iraq and Syria, including Raqqa, IS’s key Syrian stronghold, the defence ministry said.

BBC

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