Egyptian police have shot dead six suspected militants in a raid on a hideout in the western Cairo suburb of Sixth of October.

The interior ministry said the suspects were planning attacks on government offices, churches and security personnel during next week's Muslim Eid-al-Adha holiday.

The ministry said the men had fired at the security forces, who returned fire killing all six.

On Sunday, police arrested another six people suspected of carrying out a failed attack on a church in north-eastern Cairo the day before.