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。* r6 i9 X* N% M" V4 H* O
' A Y0 w# s7 ]- \! q3 X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。9 k. @) m ^5 D0 c9 L+ g1 S
. \2 T* p& L% ]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。 ' d" O1 d- B* l4 N& l , `( Z# _$ [* [- T0 C! {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。” U0 w. s( f% f: A; D: Q4 G1 I$ |( W5 X' s7 Y# {: M
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。& j- u3 b& B+ t/ S# j
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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。: i* W' ]' U* p, X0 T0 s7 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。 $ n9 r* e) w- U- ^% n ) S% c. J) |5 J9 ~" I$ n, ^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 ?8 v. U- }/ g* A/ p' }" Q/ g
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Man out $1 million in Paraguay airport heist6 U9 N) h' a% u0 q
Five alleged robbers with automatic weapons rob Chinese citizen of case . M7 G4 @( q6 p8 i0 \( T4 Y w) @& m2 e- i; T
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ASUNCION, Paraguay - Gunmen robbed a Chinese citizen of $1 million on Tuesday during a brazen holdup inside an airport in the Paraguayan capital. 4 _ I. i$ ?6 o 3 ]" K4 n9 v+ }1 `) FThe heist in an airport boarding area caught police by surprise, and five assailants got away with the booty, police officer Julian Sanabria told reporters.( T4 T; H1 H: k
# j* `" R J* S% A& t“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.” . ]+ a" m& D2 O! O t, l; b1 V a# D' {6 o" i0 u
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. ) H. M1 A/ a3 _+ _4 Z, U& w; i+ ?7 D+ X1 {
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. [# N* R6 `: N/ M1 e
' F2 n- n. d0 f. ~& kIn 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.
