5 i! I( f. T! n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。 + c' _* t+ m' A) ^" `" U # V5 y9 _$ v0 B/ u, B7 U+ T6 O2 g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。”7 M) f/ j4 W0 o4 O$ M4 ~
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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。0 B2 ^) u H9 l/ {
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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。) ^; g5 v4 \7 F6 m
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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。! S7 e2 s: s# W8 d; U: p* Q
7 f1 g0 m* S- Z' a* L( B/ 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。5 y% s: V$ y& U$ U
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Man out $1 million in Paraguay airport heist H/ ~' b3 M; o9 t7 P
Five alleged robbers with automatic weapons rob Chinese citizen of case 9 J+ a& ] l2 V4 n % [9 h1 w8 @; \5 L7 W+ Q& M: _2 t1 E" eJuly 31, 2007 8 b2 {2 w6 K3 iASUNCION, Paraguay - Gunmen robbed a Chinese citizen of $1 million on Tuesday during a brazen holdup inside an airport in the Paraguayan capital.; M) [2 z# T; b
- r! C1 l& p) n9 iThe heist in an airport boarding area caught police by surprise, and five assailants got away with the booty, police officer Julian Sanabria told reporters. 9 O+ {. ?8 h2 F0 C, ]6 J& d 6 T! ?! _! A9 \9 i P“With automatic weapons in hand, they went up to the Chinese passenger and took away the case with a million dollars,” Sanabria said. “We police were all surprised, and also we could not fire because there were 150 passengers waiting in the boarding area at that moment.”, n5 Q+ z, d K0 @1 ~% q& k
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The victim of the robbery, identified by police as Don Jon Kin, owns a currency exchange business at the airport and is a resident of Paraguay.0 r9 |$ ^3 f* N" X! N8 G, A
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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. 1 {& K, M% q5 x6 s# c0 n2 \5 }3 w5 j4 W8 A3 c" [
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.
