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。 # V/ w: K. ?: v3 F. f' v : a$ q7 |1 e4 K+ L0 K4 g0 d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。% g0 |8 ~8 M S$ F$ ^ F
; F! @% x$ T- [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。$ L) h- K& R- z6 {4 W& W7 D
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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。”1 U/ G) h* m4 J' s4 Y
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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。 + M$ j" z3 C* s8 M* t $ H. M$ \( x* l! x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。) k5 P1 d# d( T& L6 [9 w
( U* J2 l k% h( m8 N* s- h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。 + i3 Z$ E% X4 w' w0 v9 d 1 A# d& j5 R% Y/ A3 {% @6 s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。8 \1 M4 y* }* f V; k, p& P
. l* u% ^% j) V4 LMan out $1 million in Paraguay airport heist, _5 ], L% t @, Q1 E. o
Five alleged robbers with automatic weapons rob Chinese citizen of case+ p7 K2 A7 W1 u( \9 H% X9 I, Q
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July 31, 2007 ! E' j/ g6 g9 x9 b- r" U& T& JASUNCION, Paraguay - Gunmen robbed a Chinese citizen of $1 million on Tuesday during a brazen holdup inside an airport in the Paraguayan capital.! O( w( M0 B g
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The heist in an airport boarding area caught police by surprise, and five assailants got away with the booty, police officer Julian Sanabria told reporters.) Q- ]7 }8 }& k, G' i/ C1 a2 d
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“With automatic weapons in hand, they went up to the Chinese passenger and took away the case with a million dollars,” Sanabria said. “We police were all surprised, and also we could not fire because there were 150 passengers waiting in the boarding area at that moment.”6 e C7 L6 I+ ?7 z' l5 R) W
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The victim of the robbery, identified by police as Don Jon Kin, owns a currency exchange business at the airport and is a resident of Paraguay. - v; D5 j7 t1 n. n4 t( a$ V _2 P6 S 1 i% ^# a* w1 NPolice 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 z, J5 }- i/ N5 z % f% L3 `8 v( W7 zIn 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.
