Belgian Authorities Find Fingerprints Of Paris Terror Suspect

Also, the Brussels apartment contained three belts possibly used to carry explosives and traces of the same kind of explosives used in the attacks.

The flat was rented by someone using a false name, possibly used by another suspect in the Nov 13 Paris attacks who is now in custody in Belgium, the federal prosecutor said.

Islamic State (IS) suicide attackers killed 130 people in the attacks.

Belgian prosecutors have alleged that explosives and a fingerprint belonging to Paris bombing suspect, Salah Abdeslam, were found in an apartment in the capital Brussels on Friday. A French gendarme stopped him and his two friends in their vehicle near the border but released them.

JONAS ROOSENS/AFP/Getty Images Belgian police stand near the Federal police building at Congress in Brussels on January 15, 2015.

Two of the attackers had been living in Brussels before the attacks. A statement from prosecutors said the apartment was… Authorities believe this due to signs that indicate that the flat have been cleaned up before they left, although they can’t now for sure how long they stayed there.

The prosecutor’s office told the BBC that the fingerprint found was not dated, and it would be very hard to determine the date.

Abdeslam, a Belgian-born French national, remains at large and is one of Europe’s most-wanted men.

Paris was once again jolted on Thursday when a knife-wielding man wearing fake explosives tried to enter the police station and was shot dead by officers standing guard.

Investigators believe the apartment was used as a hideout after the attacks.

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