Some 20 truncheon-wielding Roma youths beat up six young white men outside a disco.

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Clubbing a rolled-up mattress vividly conveys the distinctive thud of truncheon on warm-bodied protester.

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Twirl a truncheon on just about any street in the capital, and you are likely to hit a vocal middle-class head.

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But he still sometimes carried his truncheon, big as a baseball bat.

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He was armed with just a small truncheon and a shield.

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S. the dreaded anti-riot militia whacked my shoulder with his rubber truncheon.

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But Bihar's problems cannot be solved by the truncheon alone.

ECONOMIST: India