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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 chief defends using robot to kill shooter

Chief David Brown said shooter Micah Johnson might have killed more officers Credit: Reuters

The head of Dallas police has insisted that he was right to blow up a gunman using a bomb carried by a robot.

Chief David Brown said the decision had saved lives as shooter Micah Johnson was intending to attack other officers after a spree that saw five police killed and seven others wounded.

I approved it and would do it again if presented with same circumstances.

– Chief David Brown

The force's decision to kill a suspect with a remotely controlled-bomb is thought to mark a first for US police.

Mr Brown told CNN that he had asked his staff "use their imaginations" to disable Mr Johnson after talks aimed at bringing an end to a standoff failed.

"Without our actions, he would have hurt more officers," he said.

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