PARIS

 French police are currently analyzing what appears to be an explosive belt found in the town of Montrouge, south of Paris, according to local media.

The device was discovered on Monday afternoon in a bin on a residential street near student accommodation.

French channel BFM TV said, quoting a source close to the investigation, that the bomb vest was similar to those used in the Paris attacks of Nov. 13.

There has been no official police confirmation yet.

Some reports have suggested that it could have belonged to Salah Abdeslam, 26, a key suspect in the Paris killings.

Abdeslam is still at large and is the subject of a European-wide manhunt.

Data from Abdeslam's telephone reportedly placed him in Chatillon in the south of Paris, not far from Montrouge.

He suspected presence in Brussels is part of the reason why the Belgian capital remains in lockdown and on the highest level of terror alert.

Abdeslam’s brother, Ibrahim, blew himself up in the attack on Le Comptoir Voltaire restaurant.

A third brother, Mohamed Abdeslam, told Belgian RTBF television on Sunday he thought Salah decided at the very last moment not to go through with his attack.

On Sunday evening, French police issued a photograph of one of the suicide bombers who is thought to have killed himself outside the Stade de France -- one of the sites of the city-wide attacks that killed 130 people.

French President Francois Hollande has blamed the attack on Daesh, which later claimed responsibility.