George Cochran, a neighbor, said the arrest shocked him and his wife.

His arrest in June 1984 shocked the nation, and the far left tried to depict it as an effort to persecute him for political reasons.

Mr. Kadir's arrest shocked his political allies and relatives, many of whom said the man they knew and respected was not capable of such a terrible act.

Still, his arrest this week has shocked many former colleagues at the State Department, who described him as a committed public servant.

The arrest shocked the farming families of Ropar district.

He was, nevertheless, described by one schoolmate as a "normal teenager", whose arrest shocked his home community.

His arrest and conviction had shocked and enraged Presbyterians and Anglicans alike.

Her arrest shocked the international community of cyber activists and became a rallying cause against censorship and repression.

The arrests and the brutal treatment shocked the population of Amsterdam.

The arrests shocked and angered residents of this well-off Essex County suburb, where rumors of a gang rape had been circulating for weeks.