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。 . L% b' e, k3 X! o2 `: H* W; `- c2 ?7 ~* F1 r' N$ z
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。% o1 P6 X" K0 s6 |' ` R1 u& ~
; J4 z# O/ U) n3 D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 M8 q% e. H1 r
% X( V- g: K; x2 f6 T0 ]% O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。” / a ?$ t3 H; y( \. k2 Y5 k' G& F4 O ! {6 }5 W: a" p( Z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。) h: Q7 a. c2 _
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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。 4 e, Q U% e/ ?* H( W1 q/ {/ f) V# D7 v7 X7 Q/ C. ]2 G1 q* h. X: 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。. b+ Z$ _& f4 I" ^- A5 g5 q
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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。4 O5 @: j5 x7 W3 q' Z# A9 z
' C, A {% X7 l. V1 [* R( D- J1 ~; p, K2 XMan out $1 million in Paraguay airport heist ; F2 I& a! r/ i% K+ J7 G) D% I& E6 WFive alleged robbers with automatic weapons rob Chinese citizen of case . T- @* O k- T" g8 x3 j8 B x ; t( D) q: v- ?July 31, 2007 ! y' D7 k+ ]) i1 r8 D4 L5 x8 ~" pASUNCION, Paraguay - Gunmen robbed a Chinese citizen of $1 million on Tuesday during a brazen holdup inside an airport in the Paraguayan capital. c+ ], O' D0 p
" M% y4 Y: m7 [% C+ U% ~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. 3 ^5 F/ R. |, _) z+ K2 [/ \3 k- L7 }" s8 l/ a' f
“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.” 8 s/ u D/ k2 I" S $ c3 H$ n, `% X, RThe 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. $ |: ?' K: m) y) m: x: p0 O 0 y# n9 _/ F- [/ |Police 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.. V- K8 I7 Y4 ^6 `( w( R
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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.
