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。1 d) [' M7 N9 z* c- B9 y2 u
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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。 " D1 p* T9 |$ y F! a+ |1 \; K/ n, s" Y
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。) f# e% `- M& C+ u$ ~5 {- @
+ t" [* i" w7 V; ]+ s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。”+ L6 S# S1 z# ?6 M. Y
) a6 e. R8 p* J$ S( U# ], q& p4 a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。2 _# C( K* o" p; y d' z
7 e- r2 D" f7 |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。 $ S' C4 J# X' P4 S4 `7 r ) m. f) D6 X7 E) e$ e/ r# r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。7 [) H* @9 A4 @- N& ^( A, N
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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。 " |6 a! R4 `) i |3 B/ o+ s; Z : q. n7 |4 L+ X# }. b, y8 D2 A% ?9 U, ZMan out $1 million in Paraguay airport heist/ ?; ]/ f* {$ i t" S" {* q
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July 31, 2007 # W; R) e2 F4 @# YASUNCION, Paraguay - Gunmen robbed a Chinese citizen of $1 million on Tuesday during a brazen holdup inside an airport in the Paraguayan capital. : j6 j. P' n: j/ h ! H! A- Z8 Y% U5 ?3 k, a QThe heist in an airport boarding area caught police by surprise, and five assailants got away with the booty, police officer Julian Sanabria told reporters. y7 u; b- U! L: l, ~ 5 n. Z/ u4 _& [. u0 x2 L. Y9 R" e“With automatic weapons in hand, they went up to the Chinese passenger and took away the case with a million dollars,” Sanabria said. “We police were all surprised, and also we could not fire because there were 150 passengers waiting in the boarding area at that moment.”! C+ a7 V; i- v$ a
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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. 9 ^; W1 J' d$ [* E7 Q2 \1 N , g8 Q+ T' r% _! ?# [3 PPolice 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.: }, w7 D5 @4 t. E, a$ j/ n7 z
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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.
