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。 ( k: W4 `2 O/ J; p5 B; `! B, f4 N: \0 a& B! Y, {$ p
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。 4 n, {6 P: X$ J$ z9 ^' p& y2 j" P 2 V5 u# \' @* H9 h) ?6 t3 b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。6 u7 n5 [0 b! i A
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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。” - t" t. H; {" r. A7 ~, S9 G5 m: g4 v4 [
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。9 {( W) T* W% L8 n$ x
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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。" z) p3 i/ Y) x+ D
# n1 O* S9 `' u% }6 t6 g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。 # A. r% n. L6 c/ c ' E( {& {. d) Y0 c; w" L ]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。 & a8 `( `2 t! T1 _5 A: i7 F5 X- s8 U7 S9 F
Man out $1 million in Paraguay airport heist ) Q4 K! A: g& H0 R1 pFive alleged robbers with automatic weapons rob Chinese citizen of case / D. Q4 t7 N8 N8 u) O8 A5 z6 ? q( f; Q
July 31, 2007 5 t& s. u; F' RASUNCION, Paraguay - Gunmen robbed a Chinese citizen of $1 million on Tuesday during a brazen holdup inside an airport in the Paraguayan capital.; U8 P/ [; N* t+ O/ V" Y v
) G6 R$ y( k! t2 h! g/ Y5 WThe heist in an airport boarding area caught police by surprise, and five assailants got away with the booty, police officer Julian Sanabria told reporters. 3 \$ Y5 c& \8 d' B- O $ q! R! J& j- y& a Z( L“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.” ( M+ Z |2 C. n% j- [/ m" W5 |) w' ~- B3 c- r' t! U/ |0 R
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. 0 s$ |. Q( Y( ~3 t; B! T 4 V. J( u# C0 a8 hPolice 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.+ _6 k k1 p1 r! a
& e1 {% ]$ `5 k, j# {- lIn 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.
