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。3 o4 S7 F( W1 C8 N* _0 ^/ b
* n( K/ p$ Y2 F& Q! i5 ]' o$ m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。 8 p1 x* x( t q7 `( k * U! K: K. e" h9 r7 {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。 + F9 D# X6 P, a) G: _' X9 U+ X( A1 N1 J. t8 p- D# s
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。”; d5 J* ] [, L" J. Y( @
6 }, m1 e! ]/ [5 i# E3 K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。8 z9 W' I! o2 d7 s1 e; ]$ n7 E8 f3 f
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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。0 B8 l, d- p4 z/ e: j1 Z) k. l
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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。 , R1 p+ V0 i C% O ( i ~6 O$ t) z" y7 P" Y. i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。9 @5 Q$ ^9 ~) e- ?. d* ]
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Man out $1 million in Paraguay airport heist . A; _. z) g5 _0 h+ ?3 [9 `Five alleged robbers with automatic weapons rob Chinese citizen of case % K, _5 d/ H- t) G: V/ M 3 g2 e/ M" w2 oJuly 31, 20070 Y* i, R0 p0 p8 m! |4 s+ E
ASUNCION, Paraguay - Gunmen robbed a Chinese citizen of $1 million on Tuesday during a brazen holdup inside an airport in the Paraguayan capital.0 J t: O- a0 W3 y8 Q4 S" |
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The heist in an airport boarding area caught police by surprise, and five assailants got away with the booty, police officer Julian Sanabria told reporters. 7 _! ], @( Y3 C8 Z+ o+ O0 I2 u6 J* v5 [/ a; S# ^* d
“With automatic weapons in hand, they went up to the Chinese passenger and took away the case with a million dollars,” Sanabria said. “We police were all surprised, and also we could not fire because there were 150 passengers waiting in the boarding area at that moment.”2 N2 d* J7 j- ?2 @
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The victim of the robbery, identified by police as Don Jon Kin, owns a currency exchange business at the airport and is a resident of Paraguay.. L# a7 n" } g5 E
) Z& ]. t0 R* p$ j! c- OPolice 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. 9 K# Q- [: c* k# z5 t! \6 v8 }9 o0 e8 }' c, K1 p9 \. J$ I
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.
