% |7 K4 p, M6 R! S3 W/ f7 a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。 $ q9 Q# y) \/ {$ F* F( {7 h" a & X m4 y; }7 r' E- v A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。” # N2 \) t4 C& }9 \) q: ?6 l" H# A2 T9 N4 u% h7 B; b
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。 ) }9 e0 y% C0 B" h 2 u0 |) E' U0 E9 W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。8 [' W% Q$ |; \9 K" I' 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。6 r; i7 N" W; L5 i
! ], R% n: L$ u5 k9 ^5 H+ H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。 7 ]. P; G/ x T5 ?. d 0 C/ o# ?, `. L2 p/ E- f: A7 WMan out $1 million in Paraguay airport heist ) x1 P# f. s8 _9 B4 Y$ G2 U3 H) vFive alleged robbers with automatic weapons rob Chinese citizen of case 2 Y! Y+ K0 d3 k) N2 S; Q / O$ O3 l# M$ `" gJuly 31, 20072 w4 i: A( I0 D) ^/ ]6 T8 Y
ASUNCION, Paraguay - Gunmen robbed a Chinese citizen of $1 million on Tuesday during a brazen holdup inside an airport in the Paraguayan capital.( J2 q) `* q! |
6 w% h3 R0 Q* P9 a7 uThe heist in an airport boarding area caught police by surprise, and five assailants got away with the booty, police officer Julian Sanabria told reporters.3 y4 m: w3 d7 K$ h# Q
7 ^1 |' z7 m9 x4 J7 i! N“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.” - D. C# g0 Q3 A1 `5 c4 k5 u! L% Y- {# n2 Y8 ]/ e% n
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. 6 u ^8 J7 x# L5 y& P9 L 0 n. I. [$ P# j% P3 yPolice 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. 8 I! d3 h: L& J, e+ Q " y3 s- m8 i/ @! VIn 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.