Faultlines re-open as Tunisian president's supporters and opponents clash outside parliament

A police officer pushes back supporters of Tunisia's biggest political party, the moderate Islamist Ennahda, as they attempt to reach the parliament building in Tunis, Tunisia July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

TUNIS (Reuters) - Separated by metal barriers set up by police, hundreds of people gathered outside Tunisia's parliament building under a burning sun on Monday to pelt their political rivals with stones, bottles and eggs.

Hundreds of police stood to separate the supporters and opponents of Tunisia's president, Kais Saied, who late on Sunday dismissed the prime minister and froze the parliament in a move his foes called a coup.