+ N) L6 w: Y# ?! N$ n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。” # g& I! b' z S& r5 Y; q2 z7 Y. {5 E$ 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。* r; X& e7 d' J3 d' r
, q Q- |' M, ], G2 \5 ^8 q' ?# I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。 : a) B8 o/ `5 X+ q+ a9 ^# k- {0 U& v. u
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。8 b- m+ y. Q6 }" X# U/ C5 r/ ~4 E
7 |! Q* L6 B+ l- X, i& ]Man out $1 million in Paraguay airport heist `6 I- q! C+ s- B2 c$ X" ~Five alleged robbers with automatic weapons rob Chinese citizen of case4 y3 a9 j; ^! s) V; ~. y' ]+ e
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July 31, 2007 ; p2 s. J. W( \ASUNCION, Paraguay - Gunmen robbed a Chinese citizen of $1 million on Tuesday during a brazen holdup inside an airport in the Paraguayan capital. . v5 N, ?! I# ], r M: u+ T" I2 {1 ~6 \4 g, C& e
The heist in an airport boarding area caught police by surprise, and five assailants got away with the booty, police officer Julian Sanabria told reporters.5 p% D$ V4 U" H/ j: y
. |2 p. U; _5 @“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 K6 w4 F( g7 ~" z , k' D- D% v+ ~# [+ Z0 O h: fThe 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., N4 Q2 c' ^4 [: S. h+ u
5 \! c- g/ D, T( q; E, V- 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.& s5 T( i0 u# D: U
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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.
