At least six people were killed on Friday in clashes between supporters of ousted president Mohammad Mursi and Egyptian police in Cairo, the health ministry said.

At least six people were killed on Friday in clashes between supporters of ousted president Mohammad Mursi and Egyptian police in Cairo, the health ministry said.

Pro-Mursi protesters had held small marches after the morning prayers for Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

Police officials said the protesters attacked security forces stationed in Cairo's Talbiya district near the Giza pyramids.
The health ministry did not give a breakdown of those killed.

Pro-Mursi protests have dwindled since his ouster by the military in 2013, which led to a massive crackdown on Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood’s supporters that killed at least 1,400 people in street violence.

Hardcore supporters continue to hold small protests that are often confined to one or two Cairo neighborhoods.

Demonstrations have largely given way to militant attacks, often small bombings and attacks on infrastructure such as electricity towers.

In the Sinai Peninsula, Takfiris affiliated to the ISIL terorrist group, operates in Iraq and Syria,  have killed hundreds of policemen and soldiers in an insurgency since Mursi's overthrow.

Brotherhood has been blacklisted and thousands of its sympathizers have been jailed.

Hundreds, including Mursi, have been sentenced to death. Most have appealed the verdicts and won retrials.