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。, Z; j& I( Y; V6 y
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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。 ' T J8 t" }& t& ?7 K% }2 o 1 [/ A' `2 V7 y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。# B# _: B7 s" m8 I! E! c- p3 m) f& b
, {1 L' {# ^: D8 ?! H5 M, U& |3 i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。”+ f7 m, I* l& a
F$ `( ?/ }7 x* v" T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。 , Z; q1 [% y: n9 H4 N" m# t* v. R* E q3 k1 o
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。$ x0 p7 I0 s3 N# N
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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。 0 Q, C' N, h+ s0 c* n' q, ]- o# W3 B1 v& f
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。" E1 u, @( z4 Q$ `& |% W4 Z, y: C: T
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Man out $1 million in Paraguay airport heist 8 J3 O& H' A: @( r/ ^Five alleged robbers with automatic weapons rob Chinese citizen of case g2 |( Z5 Q6 g+ @ 0 U2 F' r2 n8 ?) ?$ P0 i1 E' CJuly 31, 2007 : k7 X! i5 W$ D% S0 b+ P" U& h* A/ @ASUNCION, Paraguay - Gunmen robbed a Chinese citizen of $1 million on Tuesday during a brazen holdup inside an airport in the Paraguayan capital." u3 `/ R5 ]: L0 \/ ], E
) `# O9 u1 C7 O5 C2 h, hThe heist in an airport boarding area caught police by surprise, and five assailants got away with the booty, police officer Julian Sanabria told reporters. 9 ~7 V: `- l( s% s* M& _; i0 k; }4 b2 o! \- }
“With automatic weapons in hand, they went up to the Chinese passenger and took away the case with a million dollars,” Sanabria said. “We police were all surprised, and also we could not fire because there were 150 passengers waiting in the boarding area at that moment.”' Z( {7 a- W) w% g$ a: O2 i
, A' e6 V9 A* I' e; {& p- m) _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. 5 v' t* s3 d F4 b7 }7 K! g7 }, t& b$ C% c# y7 h
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.; P- a3 Z2 z6 Z; t$ I& p% O
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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.
