当地时间7月31日，巴拉圭首都机场发生一起罕见抢劫案，一名中国公民装有100多万美元现金的手提箱，被5名枪手当着警察的面抢走。 2 { z, S- s& m; S4 b) s- T, c3 z* G
最新消息称，这起抢劫案发生在巴拉圭首都的一个机场的候机大厅，而且就发生在警察的眼皮下。 8 M3 E; |/ ]) x7 T2 Y/ P/ c8 \* M6 [% S0 a6 x
机场警方负责人对媒体表示，当时执勤的警察都对眼前发生这一幕“惊呆了”，5名持枪抢匪抢走了一名中国公民的手提箱，并带着这个“战利品”扬长而去。5 o+ |) O' U" O- m
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机场警方负责人萨纳布里亚(Julian Sanabria)说：“他们(抢匪)手持自动步枪，走向一名中国乘客，然后抢走一个装有100多万美元现金的手提箱。我们警察都很惊讶，但由于当时还有150多名乘客等在候机厅，我们无法向他们开火。” 0 A; N& a; E+ b/ k+ Y4 |' ^0 F0 ^# M 0 |& U8 W$ \8 j/ Y美联社报导说，据巴拉圭机场警方确认，这位被抢的中国人名叫Don Jon Kin，此人在机场设有一个外汇兑换服务台，他也是巴拉圭居民。 7 Y" f1 k% m* f" V0 W H) \/ ]' C# K: [. w5 f' g5 a2 @- \ G
机场警方说，抢劫案件发生时，Don Jon Kin正准备把两个装有现金的手提箱送到乌拉圭的蒙得维的亚(Montevideo)，将其存在一家银行。警方称，很明显这是一次合法的转款。 6 b. t" Q D1 ]9 g8 ] % B6 Y" b6 j; C3 ]! ]) s但根据巴拉圭方面的规定，携带巨额现金进入这个国家，必须进行申报。可此案的受害者却从未这样做。- p* q( J" w+ O( O$ c& j; a+ g" U# J
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据悉，在5名抢匪抢劫过程中，由于行动匆忙，他们没有抢走另一个装有美元现金的手提包。据报导，这个手提包已被警方调查人员扣留。有关方面没有透露这个手提包内装有多少美元现金。0 p! D) H8 Y. R9 l7 q& p1 {! X0 n
: W& W- m0 J1 ], P! f& h1 oMan out $1 million in Paraguay airport heist 4 d9 q c: B2 Z! M2 z, SFive alleged robbers with automatic weapons rob Chinese citizen of case- o% g! ^ r( ?. J! Z
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July 31, 2007 9 P+ x. i5 j& c& {ASUNCION, Paraguay - Gunmen robbed a Chinese citizen of $1 million on Tuesday during a brazen holdup inside an airport in the Paraguayan capital. x2 N# X# W, Q h0 n' {- M7 D) l- p: o
The heist in an airport boarding area caught police by surprise, and five assailants got away with the booty, police officer Julian Sanabria told reporters. 0 m* P9 Y0 G2 r 5 [+ ?8 m5 d& K“With automatic weapons in hand, they went up to the Chinese passenger and took away the case with a million dollars,” Sanabria said. “We police were all surprised, and also we could not fire because there were 150 passengers waiting in the boarding area at that moment.” 0 N& l f/ G: c+ {. F6 f$ ] - l" L' ~" E: L5 dThe victim of the robbery, identified by police as Don Jon Kin, owns a currency exchange business at the airport and is a resident of Paraguay./ ^1 R, N% x7 p9 t- V1 w) n
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Police said he was transporting the money to Montevideo, Uruguay, to make a bank deposit in an apparently legal transaction. Large amounts of cash must be declared when entering another country, but in this case the victim never got that far. 0 Q' }# R) O8 d/ {7 s: y1 e. Z9 P9 }% A% g! _
In their haste, the assailants did not take another bag of dollars that was impounded by investigators. Authorities did not disclose how much was in that bag.
