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。 * b9 K4 h( f6 |: {, o# g: S! n6 I + Y$ I: |( X9 ^$ n p3 d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。& j! [$ E+ t ^1 y2 }+ ~9 @. o) S W
& r4 `) N5 i7 {* i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。' G. ~; e% Y/ D( d' x
' L* ~- S* v. X& Q3 k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。” - Z3 t2 }% ?) h6 x$ ]( Y* ? + I: q9 R, `, `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。 " C! ?. w, m$ m1 S- g0 e+ n0 P7 w W1 _- e d; h6 X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。 1 @1 d. G [( C- n( h1 c+ C6 |$ L: B
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。 * N$ ?2 G* P( _8 @ 2 w; @9 Q# ]! u' 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。 9 B* z! a8 [* K9 }5 a. c4 T& A& }6 R" O/ O) H8 j2 G
Man out $1 million in Paraguay airport heist- s: }: d- y, Z
Five alleged robbers with automatic weapons rob Chinese citizen of case' N* J; ^$ W4 D' Z. K) h( `( D
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ASUNCION, Paraguay - Gunmen robbed a Chinese citizen of $1 million on Tuesday during a brazen holdup inside an airport in the Paraguayan capital. & w# j6 ?0 {) ]9 Q p4 b$ e( Y1 G) k3 m3 n- N
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. ' N2 @8 y" z, {, Z6 x C1 ^# z& ?. E* L) @
“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.”0 E* b# F3 F1 u4 d6 E6 x1 F
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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. 1 R8 e+ j9 l& N, }: M9 Q3 d# Y ! ]' E7 ]; @* F- Q5 B2 b FPolice 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.4 s- {$ c4 }8 _' {. F
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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.
