; m% j `, p+ l# V! p6 R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。 # E. F' f. ~0 C1 N# {! c- N. f6 f, ^- Y2 C2 m# k, s' v7 l
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。” . o" G: y0 G4 O7 T$ c4 v% c: M5 h" H8 f/ u" K( k
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。3 b. b$ ]8 ?6 b& g
$ G1 ~6 P- W" ^: T9 [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。 ) x a, J) G5 F8 b, R, i0 C: i" {' z$ {& r: ]0 \5 U g* P
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。 3 P1 Q# u$ c7 F" ?6 i! O) [7 F1 \ . _* [2 X7 @$ N$ Q, s+ p4 m( ^5 R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。 - {2 R. p* C; i C: w' k C4 Y! E : S$ o4 _: w1 A. R& u/ S: u* pMan out $1 million in Paraguay airport heist4 ?" u9 w- s) C/ D/ O6 T3 p
Five alleged robbers with automatic weapons rob Chinese citizen of case 1 f b4 i6 q( C2 C9 A+ b9 z U- j% {, E0 k' s% M8 N4 D
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ASUNCION, Paraguay - Gunmen robbed a Chinese citizen of $1 million on Tuesday during a brazen holdup inside an airport in the Paraguayan capital.; `+ c( Y; b6 s" w7 d' @* y
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The heist in an airport boarding area caught police by surprise, and five assailants got away with the booty, police officer Julian Sanabria told reporters.- f+ _. r, z8 O" h
Y" ~$ O4 ?9 F% o9 Y“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.” + U7 L4 f) J& G" X0 W: V) k7 `* {1 f 2 J0 W$ E2 |- e# 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.- B! T. b: Y6 [; j) ~
3 v- d4 ^% u8 r' 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.) b& o. z. |* R9 V
# [6 r* y: Q% B7 r! n* b6 @* n6 s; ~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.
