Unknown assailants kill six at Cairo protest.

At least six people have been killed by unknown assailants at a protest near the Egyptian defence ministry building in the capital, Cairo, officials say.

Witnesses described how the attackers set on them at dawn using rocks, clubs, firebombs and firing shotguns.

Up to 100 people were also reportedly injured and are being treated at a field clinic in the Abbasiya district.

Many of the protesters are supporters of a Salafist preacher barred from standing in the presidential election.

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