Weapons found at home of Paris attacks suspect, say Federal prosecutors

Belgian federal prosecutors said on Saturday that investigators had found some weapons at the home of a person charged on Friday with terrorism offences related to last week's attacks in Paris. The prosecutors' office said in a statement that neither explosives nor a suicide belt had been found during the search. It did not give details of the weapons actually found.

An investigating judge charged the person, who was not identified, on Friday with participating in terrorist attacks and in the activities of a terrorist organisation.

Belgium raised the alert status for its capital Brussels to the highest level on Saturday, shutting the metro and warning the public to avoid crowds because of a "serious and imminent" threat of an attack.

A week after the Paris attacks carried out by Islamic State militants, of whom one suspect from Brussels is at large and said by authorities to be highly dangerous, the city was placed on the top level "four" in the government's threat scale after a meeting of top ministers, police and security services.

Suspected militant Salah Abdeslam, 26, returned home to Brussels from Paris after the attacks, when his elder brother Brahim blew himself up at a cafe.