Salah Abdeslam had reportedly been 'ready to restart something in Brussels'

The Belgian foreign minister said Sunday that authorities believed Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam was planning further attacks in Brussels before he was captured.

"He was ready to restart something in Brussels," Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said in what are now chilling words.

Additionally, a large cache of extremists' weapons was reportedly discovered while hunting for Abdeslam, Newsweek reports. After revealing that more than 30 people were involved in the attacks in Paris, French authorities admitted the network of terrorists was "more numerous than we thought."

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On Tuesday, the Belgian foreign prosecutor confirmed that two explosions at Belgium's Zaventem airport were the work of suicide bombers. Another bombing also occurred in a metro station near the EU buildings in Brussels. So far, at least 26 are believed dead in the attacks.

The March 22 attackers have not yet been identified.