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。0 A- F4 N7 w: c& r
5 o n) o1 e% Q7 {4 I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。( i! W6 F$ N& @! f! I5 k# x1 h
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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。 + j6 A7 Q* {' f' J: H+ b& B5 A. x4 Z* ~' u3 C$ @% Y
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。”* _& B: U: j$ X6 G3 x; Z
1 d- }5 k# \+ F1 \; u7 c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。 . D7 ?5 |8 r* r " k% E6 W ~* G4 l0 s$ c2 A; v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。6 x& @/ {0 j3 X8 b7 ~- s( _
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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。 . R( j, \( z; z8 g) I2 Q ( I, d) S' _. G% S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 b1 [( V K9 ]1 l" X' ^! ]
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Five alleged robbers with automatic weapons rob Chinese citizen of case, {" `5 [2 c3 i b O" a+ d W; n
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July 31, 2007 4 _, u; l9 L" b& u) }' zASUNCION, Paraguay - Gunmen robbed a Chinese citizen of $1 million on Tuesday during a brazen holdup inside an airport in the Paraguayan capital.7 r5 g7 x$ s1 W
5 H) t0 z3 R# B$ S# y0 C: X! TThe heist in an airport boarding area caught police by surprise, and five assailants got away with the booty, police officer Julian Sanabria told reporters.7 k, X+ c2 F9 u1 U" K
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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.”; {3 r' v/ L/ e# |9 M
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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. ! X3 i3 X7 v2 p9 X- S, n+ K; V6 x/ Y& S: ^
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. 7 D/ O) g& k, I" S 1 W3 u4 Y* ]* V; |$ XIn 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.
