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Dallas shooting: Bomb material found at suspect's home | Dallas shooting: Bomb material found at suspect's home |
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Bomb-making material, rifles, ammunition and combat journal have been found at the home of the main suspect in the Dallas shooting. | Bomb-making material, rifles, ammunition and combat journal have been found at the home of the main suspect in the Dallas shooting. |
Police said the material was found when they searched the home of Micah Johnson in the Dallas suburb of Mesquite. | Police said the material was found when they searched the home of Micah Johnson in the Dallas suburb of Mesquite. |
Five police officers were killed and seven wounded in a hail of gunfire during a protest against the shooting of black men by police. | Five police officers were killed and seven wounded in a hail of gunfire during a protest against the shooting of black men by police. |
Johnson died following a long stand-off with police in central Dallas. | Johnson died following a long stand-off with police in central Dallas. |
Police confirmed media reports that the 25-year-old army veteran was the person killed when they remotely detonated explosives they sent into the car park where he was holed up. | |
They said he had no criminal history. | They said he had no criminal history. |
The protest in Dallas took place after this week's deaths of Philando Castile in Minnesota and Alton Sterling in Louisiana. | |
Police Chief David Brown said the suspect had told a negotiator that he had wanted to kill white people, especially white police officers, because he was angry about the recent shootings of black men by police. | |
Mr Brown added that the man had said he was not affiliated with any groups and he had acted alone. | Mr Brown added that the man had said he was not affiliated with any groups and he had acted alone. |
US Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson appeared to confirm this in a statement later on Friday. | US Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson appeared to confirm this in a statement later on Friday. |
"At this time there appears to have been one gunman with no known links to or inspiration from any international terrorist organisation," he told a news conference in New York. | "At this time there appears to have been one gunman with no known links to or inspiration from any international terrorist organisation," he told a news conference in New York. |
Police arrested three people and initially said they believed at least two snipers had caught police in crossfire, shooting some officers in the back. |