Man 'seizes child hostage' outside Sydney court

A man with a suspicious backpack - possibly a bomb - is holding a child outside a court a suburb of Sydney in Australia, local media say.

Police have sealed off the area in Parramatta, with one official saying that there is "a hostage situation".

Some reports say the man is holding his 11-year-old daugther. Details of the incident remain sketchy.

This comes a month after a fake bomb was strapped to a teenager at her home in Sydney.