Suspect stopped 3 times by police

Police now believe not one but two suspects in the Paris attacks may be on the run, as it emerged that Salah Abdeslam was stopped by police three times before he was able to disappear.

Several eyewitnesses have reported seeing three men inside a black Seat Leon used by the terrorists during gun attacks on bars and restaurants. The only two occupants who have been accounted for are Abdeslam and his brother Ibrahim, who blew himself up outside a café.

Abdeslam became Europe’s most wanted man after he slipped out of Paris and was driven back to Belgium by two other men, who have now been arrested. The two alleged getaway drivers, who are being held on suspicion of making the suicide bombs used in the attacks, have disclosed they were stopped three times by police on their way back to Belgium, but were allowed to carry on each time.

Hamza Attou, 21, and Mohammed Amri, 27, have reportedly confessed to driving Salah Abdeslam back to Belgium after the attacks.

Police found ammonium nitrate — a fertilizer that can be used to make bombs — and ammunition of the type used in Kalashnikov assault rifles in addresses connected to the men.

They insist the chemicals were bought as garden fertilizer.

As the hunt for Salah Abdeslam continued, his brother Mohammed said: “I call on him to turn himself over to the police. The best would be for him to give himself up so that justice can shed all the light on this.”

Attou and Amri were among seven men arrested in Belgium over the weekend, five of whom were later released without charge.