31.   Armed with iron rods, the attackers smashed the ground-floor sitting room at the two-story house, police said.

32.   As word spread, a mob of dozens of fishermen rushed to rescue the man and beat the tiger with wooden oars and iron rods.

33.   Behind them were scores of armed soldiers, some shooting live rounds and others swinging iron rods, recalled Anatanas Sakalauskas, who was among the protesters.

34.   Authorities say the detainees instigated the violence by attacking police with homemade weapons, including spears, iron rods, bricks and wooden planks.

35.   Authorities, meanwhile, say the detainees instigated the violence by attacking police with assorted homemade weapons, including spears, iron rods, bricks and wooden planks.

36.   Behind them were scores of soldiers, some shooting live rounds and others swinging iron rods, recalled Sakalauskas.

37.   Currently reinforced with rusting iron rods, it is in danger of fracturing.

38.   Dozens of clerics, waving iron rods and sticks, rushed out and grabbed the man, accusing him of defiling the Koran.

39.   Farmers beat an effigy bearing his name with iron rods last year, and opposition parties lost a parliament motion this year seeking his dismissal.

40.   Gangs armed with iron rods stopped cars to check whether the occupants were Muslims or Hindus, allowing Hindus to proceed.