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Live updates: Dallas protest shooting

Five police officers have been killed after they were shot in Dallas during a Black Lives Matter protest.

Here's what we know so far:

  • Five police officers died and seven were wounded
  • The suspect, Micah Johnson, was killed in a stand-off with police
  • He allegedly said he wanted to kill white police officers
  • The atrocity follows the fatal police shootings of two black men
  • Bomb-making materials, guns and a bullet proof vest were found at Johnson's home
  • Barack Obama condemned the attack as "vicious, calculated and despicable"
  • The US president will visit the scene next week
  • Dallas Police 'received a new threat' against law enforcement on Saturday
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Two police officers shot at protest in Dallas

Police on the scene of the shooting in Dallas. Credit: NBC

Two police officers have been shot in Dallas during a protest against the fatal shooting of two black men by white officers in separate incidents earlier this week.

Alton Sterling was pinned to the ground and shot in the chest in Louisiana on Tuesday, a day before Philando Castile was shot dead by officers during a traffic stop in Minnesota.

The condition of the officers shot is not yet clear.

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