Do we still need forward slashes when closing void elements in HTML5?

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In HTML 5, the closing slash is optional on void elements such img (I am adding this because the currently accepted answer only says: “end tags must not be specified for void elements”, and does not address closing slashes in void elements).

Citing from http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/syntax.html#start-tags (number 6):

Then, if the element is one of the void elements, or if the element is a foreign element, then there may be a single “https://stackoverflow.com/” (U+002F) character. This character has no effect on void elements, but on foreign elements it marks the start tag as self-closing.

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