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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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Philando Castile shooting: Officers involved named

Philando Castile Credit: Facebook

The police officer who fatally shot Philando Castile during a traffic stop in Minnesota on Wednesday has been named by state investigators as Jeronimo Yanez.

State investigators said Yanez fired multiple times.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said fellow officer Joseph Kauser was also involved.

Both officers have been placed on administrative leave, the Bureau said.

The shooting of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling in Louisiana a day earlier has sparked protests across the country.

Two police officers were shot at a protest in Dallas on Thursday.

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