Five police officers were killed during an attack on a demonstration in Dallas. Seven officers and two civilians were wounded in the ambush, the city's mayor said Friday morning. The ambush occurred Thursday evening during a protest against the killing of two black men by white police officers in Minnesota and Louisiana. police shooting.
Dallas Police Ambush: 5 Officers Killed
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![Standing a block away from the shooting scene, Dallas Police Officer Camille Munoz reacts as she talks about her fellow officers killed by a sniper in downtown Dallas, July 8, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/02BA34A0-877B-4F94-AF93-EC072D386F42_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Standing a block away from the shooting scene, Dallas Police Officer Camille Munoz reacts as she talks about her fellow officers killed by a sniper in downtown Dallas, July 8, 2016.
![A clerk looks at broke windows shot out at a store in downtown Dallas, Friday, July 8, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/999B3657-891D-4C23-9BA9-127B43FE0F7E_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A clerk looks at broke windows shot out at a store in downtown Dallas, Friday, July 8, 2016.
![Dallas police chief David Brown, left, and Dallas mayor Mike Rawlings, right, talk with the media during a news conference, July 8, 2016, in Dallas.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2090F4A0-F6D7-4920-8CAB-F43809347E7C_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Dallas police chief David Brown, left, and Dallas mayor Mike Rawlings, right, talk with the media during a news conference, July 8, 2016, in Dallas.
![Police officers stand guard at a baracade following the sniper shooting in Dallas on July 7, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7EBF3C60-9C10-4878-AE60-B6C4E8A9AB97_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Police officers stand guard at a baracade following the sniper shooting in Dallas on July 7, 2016.