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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 shooter 'planned larger assault on police'

Micah Johnson. Credit: Reuters

The suspect who killed five police officers in Dallas last week had prepared a larger assault on law enforcement, the city's police chief said.

Police Chief David Brown told CNN that authorities are "convinced" Micah Johnson had other plans, citing evidence gathered from the suspect's home that showed he had practiced with explosives.

Mr Brown said the recent deaths of African Americans at the hands of police in Minnesota and Louisiana led the Texas shooter to "fast track" his plans.

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