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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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Dallas Police receives 'anonymous threat' as security is heightened

Dallas Police said on Saturday they had received a new anonymous threat against law enforcement across the city - two days after five officers were shot dead.

The police department said it was taking extra safety precautions in response.

According to local media, police headquarters have been placed on lockdown and are surrounded by SWAT team vehicles.

Police teams were also seen sweeping a large parking garage near their headquarters shortly after the threat was made.

The American city remains on a high state of alert after five police officers were shot dead by a "lone gunman" on Thursday.

The shootings followed the killing of two unarmed black men by police in America in the past few days.

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