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Shots fired at Dallas police headquarters Gun attack at Dallas police headquarters
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Shots have been fired at the police headquarters in Dallas, and a suspect has fled the scene in what witnesses say was as an armoured van. The police headquarters in the US city of Dallas, Texas, has come under attack by an unknown number of gunmen who opened fire on officers.
Dozens of police cars gave chase and the man is now involved in a stand-off in a car park, officials said. One suspect fled the scene in what was described as an armoured van and is involved in a standoff in a car park.
There has been an exchange of gunfire in the car park, they added. A number of bags were found outside the police HQ, at least one of which contained explosives including pipe bombs, police said on Twitter.
Four bags were left outside the police headquarters, one of which contained explosives including pipe bombs, police said. The motive for the shooting is not clear. No officers have been hurt.
A later statement said one of the bags exploded as experts tried to move it. Dallas Police Chief David Brown quoted witnesses as saying that as many as four suspects were involved in the initial shooting incident in the early hours of Saturday.
The motive for the shooting is not yet clear. Dallas police say no police officers have been injured. He said one suspect then fled the scene in the van, ramming a police car.
Dallas Police Chief David Brown quoted witnesses as saying that as many as four suspects were involved in the initial shooting incident. A police chase involving dozens of squad cars ended in a car park in Hutchins, about nine miles (14km) from central Dallas, and officers are negotiating with the occupant of the van, Mr Brown said.
He said officers were negotiating with the occupant of the van which is in a car park in Hutchins, about nine miles (14km) from central Dallas. Residents near the police headquarters have been evacuated as a precaution as specialist teams dealt with the explosives.
One of the bags exploded as experts tried to move it.
Dallas police also said they were investigating a suspicious package under a police truck outside the headquarters, as well as another in a rubbish container.
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