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。" O+ ]! ?9 Y) A& e$ k+ e: a
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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。 ( {7 }7 e" U3 s7 I& m$ }- h0 L: g. t' J' k J; k6 Z& w7 X' g
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。 ( n4 D: O' c/ E: q; Y. v# I9 M* J7 U) ^
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。”1 l4 I4 K& H9 U8 ?5 \% @4 B
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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 S i0 a. b& c4 J0 P
Z$ X/ `3 D1 F4 l8 M+ o2 h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。& h% e/ Y3 t9 N. R1 [4 u5 a
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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。0 l8 F+ E0 H% h; S# J9 O/ t6 I
" c& m8 Q4 y U, K% B. `" h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。 4 P4 e1 Y# u3 x# `( t/ P( m . r: B# @4 q' ]/ R) ?, }Man out $1 million in Paraguay airport heist / e6 K0 m, w5 Q1 KFive alleged robbers with automatic weapons rob Chinese citizen of case 4 `" K2 n% C4 _" L7 B. ?2 l, Z: Y8 C* V& Y( z
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ASUNCION, Paraguay - Gunmen robbed a Chinese citizen of $1 million on Tuesday during a brazen holdup inside an airport in the Paraguayan capital.' X( }9 B$ M% Q: z7 x
C6 W7 e l2 J# L$ f1 E9 ?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.5 a" `' F( c( b+ s
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“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.” 6 O l: J7 a7 T0 I5 h* C, }6 J3 p# C. K& R- H3 L) y6 s/ w( X3 U) H
The 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.9 t S ~% y. C; I! K$ \2 c) M& l
4 s4 w4 P8 M- {+ _# kPolice 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. 4 O2 [/ T1 \0 `' V9 t' W' ^ Q% k$ R* G+ t
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.
