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Fingerprint of Paris attacks fugitive and traces of explosives found in Brussels flat | Fingerprint of Paris attacks fugitive and traces of explosives found in Brussels flat |
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Belgian prosecutors have said they found handmade belts that could carry explosives and the fingerprint of Paris attacks fugitive Salah Abdeslam in a search of a Brussels apartment. | |
The search took place on 10 December in a third-floor apartment in the Schaerbeek neighbourhood of the Belgian capital, the federal prosecutor’s office said in a statement on Friday. | The search took place on 10 December in a third-floor apartment in the Schaerbeek neighbourhood of the Belgian capital, the federal prosecutor’s office said in a statement on Friday. |
It said police also found material that could be used to make explosives as well as traces of the highly volatile explosive TATP. | It said police also found material that could be used to make explosives as well as traces of the highly volatile explosive TATP. |
According to the prosecutor’s office, the apartment had been rented under a false identity that may have been used by one of the 10 people arrested in Belgium in connection with the 13 November attacks that killed 130 people in Paris. | According to the prosecutor’s office, the apartment had been rented under a false identity that may have been used by one of the 10 people arrested in Belgium in connection with the 13 November attacks that killed 130 people in Paris. |