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ByRafCasert and Elaine Ganley The Associated Press BRUSSELS Astreetcleaner on Monday found an explo- sive vest similar to those used in the Paris attacks near the place where a fugi- tive suspect's cellphone was found, raising the possibil- ity that he aborted his mis- sion, either ditching a mal- functioning vest or fleeing in fear. Authorities said the de- vice, which did not have a detonator, was found in a pile of rubble in the south- ern Paris suburb of Mon- trouge. A police official said the vest contained bolts and the same type of ex- plosive used in the Nov. 13 Paris attacks that claimed 130 lives and left hundreds wounded. It was found in the same area where a cellphone be- longing to fugitive suspect Salah Abdeslam was pin- pointed by GPS on the day of the Paris attacks, two po- lice officials said. The offi- cials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to dis- cuss the investigation. Police have been con- ducting a manhunt for Ab- deslam, who was stopped by police after the attacks but let go and allowed to travel on to Belgium. Belgian Prime Minis- ter Charles Michel, mean- while, announced Brussels would remain at the high- est alert level for at least an- other week, maintaining se- curity measures that have severely disrupted normal life in the Belgian capital since the weekend. Michel cited a "serious and imminent" threat," to the city, which houses the headquarters of the Euro- pean Union and NATO, and said the rest of the country would stay at the second- highest level. Belgium's cri- sis center said the alert level would only change if a sig- nificant breakthrough war- ranted it. The increased security measures in the wake of the massacre in Paris have virtually shut down the Bel- gian capital, with the sub- way system, many shops and schools remaining shut on Monday. Michel said that despite the continued high- alert level, schools would re- open on Wednesday, with parts of the subway system beginning to operate the same day. He did not say when the system would be completely online again. "We are very alert and call for caution," Michel said. "The potential targets remain the same: shop- ping centers and shopping streets and public trans- port." "We want to return to a normal way of life as quickly as possible," he added. The unprecedented se- curity measures come as authorities hunt for one or more suspected extremists, including Abdeslam. Belgian authorities have not announced any de- tails of their investigation into potential attacks nor have they released any in- formation about four sus- pects who have been ar- rested and charged with terrorism-related offenses. These include one suspect who was arrested as part of a sweep that saw 21 peo- ple detained since Sunday night. Fifteen of those de- tainees have since been re- leased. Earlier Monday, British Prime Minister David Cam- eron said during a visit to Paris that he would seek parliamentary approval for the U.K. to join the air- strikes being carried out by the U.S., France, Russia and other nations against the Islamic State extrem- ists in Syria. TERRORISM Suicide vest found in Paris raises possible link to suspect By Maria Cheng The Associated Press BRUSSELS Brussels is more accustomed to the toing and froing of Eu- ropean diplomats than to truckloads of soldiers patrolling the streets. Its stores and markets should be bustling in the runup to Christmas. But three days of the highest terror alert and unprecedented measures that have closed down the city's subways, schools and main stores, has cre- ated a very different at- mosphere as the Belgian capital tries to avoid at- tacks similar to the ones that caused devastating carnage in Paris. "It's fitting since Bel- gium is the birthplace of surrealism but there is an otherworldly feel- ing here," said Jan Van Gent, a retired pharma- ceutical manager. "This is like a Magritte paint- ing, to see these soldiers in a nice town where they don't belong." Others weren't con- vinced the government's actions were anything more than a PR move. "They have a lot of at- tention on them now so they have to prove they're doing something, but I don't know how much dif- ference this will make," said Maxime Legena, an IT technician. "We don't really know how big this threat is because the gov- ernment hasn't said very much." But he did appreciate one unintended side-ef- fect of the attempts to shutter the city: "My drive to work was much faster today because there's no- body on the streets." On Monday evening, Prime Minister Charles Michel announced Brus- sels would remain at the highest alert level for an- other week unless there are any major devel- opments. He said that schools and subways would start to reopen on Wednesday. Michel said that deci- sion was "a clear signal that we want to gradu- ally return to normal life" and thanked the Belgian population for their un- derstanding, noting that the country was facing an extremely difficult sit- uation. Brussels native Jacque- line Vander-Poelen, who lives near the city's Medi- eval Grand Place square, said the noise of police operations and reporters scurrying to cover them made for an annoying weekend. LOCKDOWN Terror alert makes Brussels surreal for residents, tourists PATRICEMOLLET—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Pallbearers release doves at the funeral of two sisters, Marion and Anna Petard, in Blois, central France, Monday. By Aron Heller The Associated Press JERUSALEM A Palestinian fatally stabbed an Israeli soldier at a West Bank gas station Monday before he was killed by security forces as two Palestinian teenage girls in Jerusalem attacked a 70-year-old Palestinian, apparently mistaking him for an Israeli, in a new rash of attacks on the eve of U.S. Secretary of State John Ker- ry's visit to the region to try and calm two months of deadly violence. The gas station stabbing took place on the 443 high- way from Tel Aviv to Jeru- salem, which cuts in parts through the West Bank. One of the girls, who both used scissors in a stabbing spree outside a central Je- rusalem market, was shot dead while the other was wounded by armed Israe- lis, according to police. In other incidents, the Is- raeli military said another knife-wielding Palestinian was shot dead in the West Bank before he could harm anyone. Elsewhere, a Pal- estinian rammed his vehi- cle into a pedestrian near a West Bank settlement, lightly wounding him. The civilian was evacuated to hospital while the attacker fled the scene. There have been several instances of Palestinians using their cars as weapons by crash- ing them into Israelis in re- cent months. Monday's attacks are the latest in a wave of violence that began in mid-Sep- tember over tensions sur- rounding a sensitive Jeru- salem holy site and quickly spread across Israel and into the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The past week has been the deadliest of the out- burst thus far. On Sunday, a 21-year-old Israeli woman was stabbed to death by a Palestinian in the West Bank, and last Thursday, five people were killed in stabbing and shooting at- tacks in the West Bank and Tel Aviv. Kerry is scheduled to ar- rive Tuesday to meet Is- raeli and Palestinian lead- ers and try to calm tensions that show no signs of dissi- pating. It will mark his first visit to the area in more than a year. In a visit to the West Bank, Prime Minister Ben- jamin Netanyahu pledged to keep up Israel's tough hand against Palestinian attackers. MIDDLE EAST Surge in Israeli-Palestinian violence ahead of Kerry visit MAJDI MOHAMMED — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Israeli soldiers stand at the scene of a stabbing attack, at the Hawara checkpoint near of the West Bank city of Nablus, Monday. By Dave Kolpack The Associated Press GRAND FORKS, N.D. A ma- jor U.S. defense contrac- tor that is opening an un- manned aircraft training academy in North Dakota may start with a temporary structure because of the growing demand for pilots and other crew members, the head of a drone busi- ness park says. General Atomics Aero- nautical Systems Inc. held its groundbreaking cere- mony earlier this month at Grand Sky, the nation's first unmanned aircraft technology park located on the Grand Forks Air Force Base. The Califor- nia company, which man- ufactures the Predator and Reaper drones, plans a 19,400-square-foot han- gar to house aircraft that will be used to train up to 100 students a year. Thomas Swoyer Jr., Grand Sky Development Corp. president, said con- struction can't go fast enough. "Speed is of the essence to get their building up," Swoyer said. "Right now we are evaluating with Gen- eral Atomics about a tem- porary structure we could get into place before a per- manent building is com- pleted." Swoyer said the need to train drone pilots was a driving force behind Grand Sky, the $300 million pub- lic-private venture that has 217 acres of land space and wide-open airspace. Officials at General Atomics declined to com- ment to The Associated Press, but company CEO Linden Blue said during groundbreaking that his group is running out of training space in the high desert of California. 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