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| Dallas protest: Three police officers dead in sniper shooting | |
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| Three Dallas police officers have been shot dead by snipers during protests against the shooting of black men by police, the authorities say. | |
| An "intensive" search for suspects was under way, Dallas Police Chief David Brown said. | |
| Gunfire broke out as demonstrators marched through the city, sending them fleeing for cover. | |
| The protests were sparked by the deaths of Philando Castile in Minnesota and Alton Sterling in Louisiana. | |
| Another eight police officers were injured, Mr Brown said. Two are in surgery, one is in a critical condition. | |
| The Dallas protests were among several held across the US over the police use of lethal force against African Americans. | |
| Philando Castile was shot dead at a traffic stop in St Paul on Wednesday, while Alton Sterling killed by police a day earlier in Baton Rouge. | |
| Both incidents were captured on video, reigniting what has become a national debate. | |
| US President Barack Obama said "all fair-minded people should be concerned" about the frequent police killings of black Americans. | |
| Pointing to statistics showing African-American citizens are far more likely to be shot by police by whites, Mr Obama called on law enforcement to root out internal bias. | |
| "When incidents like this occur, there's a big chunk of our fellow citizenry that feels as if it's because of the colour of their skin, they are not being treated the same,'' he said. "And that hurts." |