At least eleven protesters have been killed by armed attackers near the Ministry of Defence in Cairo, Egyptian officials have said.
The unidentified assailants at dawn on Wednesday set upon several hundred protesters who have camped out in the Abbasiya area for days to call for an end to military rule in Egypt.
In response to the clashes, military and riot vehicles were deployed to the area later on Wednesday to quell the violence.
Egypt's health ministry said dozens of people had been wounded in the dawn fighting with sticks, stones, batons and bullets. Low-level clashes continued hours after the initial attack.
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