Austin bombings: Suspect dead after detonating device, police say

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

US media report says the suspect was killed after reportedly detonating a device off an interstate highway in an area in the north of the city. 

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

The incident follows four bomb attacks in Austin and one in Schertz, 104 kilometres south of the state capital.

SOURCE: BBC NEWS
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