TUNIS - A former Tunisian interior minister sparked protests on Thursday by warning that loyalists of the ousted president would mount a coup if Islamists took power in an election on July 23.

The overthrow of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in January after 23 years in power has awoken tensions between pro- and anti-Islamists in the North African country.

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