Brussels on highest alert as suicide belt is found in Paris

Soldiers patrolled the streets of Brussels on the third day of a security lockdown, as a suspected explosive belt was found dumped near Paris and the mobile phone of a fugitive believed to have taken part in the attacks on November 13 was detected in two locations in the city.

France and Belgium continued to hunt for Brussels barkeeper Salah Abdeslam, 26, the suspected Islamist militant who has been on the run since the attacks in the French capital.

Abdeslam’s mobile phone was detected after the attacks in the 18th district in the north of Paris, near an abandoned car that he had rented, and then later in Chatillon in the south, the source said yesterday.