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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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US protests continue after Dallas shooting

Protests have continued in cities across the US after the recent killings of two African-American men, and the latest ambush of police officers by suspect Micah Johnson.

The killing of five police officers has diverted the debate on race and policing, and could fuel further racial tension in the US in the weeks ahead.

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