BREAKING: Austin bombings suspect dead - US media

A suspect linked with a series of deadly parcel bombs targeting Austin, Texas, is dead after a major police operation, US media report.

The suspect was killed after reportedly detonating a device off an interstate highway in an area in the north of the city, CBS News reports.

FBI agents are reportedly now carrying out an investigation at the scene.

The incident follows four bomb attacks in Austin and one in Schertz, 65 miles (104km) south of the state capital.

CCTV images of a "person of interest" were earlier shared on US media showing a white male with blonde hair carrying a number of large packages, CBS reported.

Austin police department are expected to give a media briefing soon.



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