Article: Arrest of N.Y. Terrorism Suspects Stuns Their Families on West Bank; Relatives Portray Palestinians Captured in Raid as Unlikely Militants

In a comfortable downtown apartment, Ibrahim Abu Mezer hovered this evening near a television tuned to CNN. When he finally saw the face of his youngest son and heard the word "terrorist," his legs buckled and he sank to the floor, expelling a tiny moan.

The family patriarch, a retired car parts dealer, had been hearing the impossible news all day that Gazi Ibrahim Abu Mezer, 23, was shot by police Thursday morning in a raid on a New York apartment full of homemade bombs. Part of him did not believe it until the picture flashed on the screen, and then he was too distraught to speak.

"Do you have any information on his medical condition?" Nur

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