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。 : s& O& w! N, B 3 w3 @5 w0 g) M' t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。. s2 T. o/ E1 _5 Q. g( n
8 S8 u& A7 U! C0 I4 p1 t0 u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。" D% i2 S6 z b3 ]% j V8 x
* J! G( E- m; r, m; f' k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。” - z% q7 I+ ?0 o/ U9 E5 v, k5 V- ^
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。+ c0 m# T7 m* _& I( I1 E
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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。9 f" v* h! }0 X
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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。 - B$ I5 P" l8 m# R% P4 f7 x, y2 O" e) Y) n$ P. G1 F$ X0 B; M
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 g( }+ Z# v0 Z( {2 t' {
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Man out $1 million in Paraguay airport heist# x- E& [4 q- C. z4 R/ P
Five alleged robbers with automatic weapons rob Chinese citizen of case6 h1 L1 z. E! R
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July 31, 2007 1 o2 A( g" e$ U: H$ a4 S0 g) f% VASUNCION, Paraguay - Gunmen robbed a Chinese citizen of $1 million on Tuesday during a brazen holdup inside an airport in the Paraguayan capital. n" ?4 U4 b, N' N" I4 Q+ i$ c / W) G, t. t! s4 uThe heist in an airport boarding area caught police by surprise, and five assailants got away with the booty, police officer Julian Sanabria told reporters.& U7 y& b( m* Z, E/ X9 X
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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.”9 }) q$ i+ _; l# W4 F
. [1 a0 ~; L" W8 Y& M! q6 ZThe 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.7 k* G/ [6 Y. |" c1 E7 E
6 X" K) B$ y* ~2 B$ c6 Z2 bPolice 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.0 S. Y& ^5 m( l
& i* M' J9 E# _7 D) x+ \% H sIn 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.
