124 people charged over Paris attacks

The first two people to be charged in Belgium over the Paris attacks were Mohammed Amri, 27, and Hamza Attou, 20, who were accused last Monday on suspicion of helping Salah Abdeslam escape to Brussels after the carnage. The official wasn’t authorised to speak publicly and couldn’t be identified by name.

Brussels will stay at the highest security threat level for another week over fears of an imminent attack, the Belgian government said on Monday, as the U.S. issued a worldwide terror alert for its citizens. He crossed the border into Belgium after the attacks, with French police stopping and interviewing him, before letting him go.

The Renault Clio was one of three Belgian-licensed vehicles used in the attacks that were hired by Salah Abdeslam’s brother Brahim Abdeslam, who blew himself up outside a cafe in the attacks.

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

The object was found in a dustbin in the suburb of Montrouge, a police source said, adding that the device lacked a detonator.

“We are very alert and call for caution”, Mr Michel said.

NATO, which raised its alert level after the Paris attacks, said its headquarters in the city were open, but some staff had been asked to work from home. “The potential targets remain the same: shopping centers and shopping streets and public transport”.

Police raided the apartment last week, and three people killed during the operation.

Officials have also detained Jawad Bendaoud, the owner of the apartment Abaaoud was living in, because investigators said his cellphone data indicates he was in contact with Abaaoud’s associates before and after the attacks.

A massive hunt is also underway in Belgium for Abdeslam, who is believed to have helped the Paris attackers with logistics and likely rented one of the cars used in the attacks.

The coordinated attacks, in which 130 people were killed, prompted France to declare a national state of emergency and to step up air strikes in Syria on Islamic State, the militant group which has claimed responsibility.

Painting a chilling picture of ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the Paris prosecutor said that after dropping off the gunmen and suicide bombers at the cafes and bars where the attacks were to take place he had later returned to the scene while the killing spree was in full swing.