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。 & c! J6 y. _$ K4 |: g K5 C& x/ _, D+ o
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。 7 E9 R8 v1 Y* ]& Y) l% Z 9 }) ~/ G1 D9 [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。7 x/ e; t0 v2 Z0 b5 }5 \; ~8 t( W
. z+ j. S0 K2 y8 ?+ c3 y+ `: }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。” # G- m; J6 u3 t4 G2 b* P 0 ^2 b0 K- `3 G2 ]: `/ J9 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。 / T0 E! O* G! u' c( p; S& j% W9 f( _2 r6 d
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 F* N/ x, Y# s- z3 J7 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。 " z) ^+ e( _$ U _6 r# C+ {- G) y7 G, l! P. c
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。 ' ?& d9 e+ w y 7 B/ G* M4 k( tMan out $1 million in Paraguay airport heist s Z) m! e5 h+ r8 j+ \) _4 y
Five alleged robbers with automatic weapons rob Chinese citizen of case ' Z& h, e `, y/ c 9 }! x9 l' s' v ? Z" d) R8 h* Z) T) j7 kJuly 31, 2007 / g; H3 e, z8 Z3 V! gASUNCION, Paraguay - Gunmen robbed a Chinese citizen of $1 million on Tuesday during a brazen holdup inside an airport in the Paraguayan capital.; i. h4 f. X- u9 w- ~5 k6 C* Z; M4 T( \8 g
: L, l3 @6 F2 }" S5 zThe heist in an airport boarding area caught police by surprise, and five assailants got away with the booty, police officer Julian Sanabria told reporters.6 r& @3 f6 ?* @/ Y3 w o. a- [0 ^
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“With automatic weapons in hand, they went up to the Chinese passenger and took away the case with a million dollars,” Sanabria said. “We police were all surprised, and also we could not fire because there were 150 passengers waiting in the boarding area at that moment.” 7 J7 S$ Q: s* |2 T2 f8 e4 s , z4 w. f7 R9 G* ~! e2 wThe 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. $ C4 I+ G. }) n% w4 J 7 h2 }- z o/ M9 G) S" h' ^7 qPolice 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.* a' Y. s: t. F
( @' ]& ]# E2 T( }" o' Q$ eIn 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.
