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。 0 t+ h! y: [) t3 F" G p$ C8 ?5 A2 I2 o, Q7 V. R+ E
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。 6 ^- H) j j) a/ z6 o" |" H + h+ c9 g/ d! j5 F5 o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。 , u9 V9 G" E: }1 O; @; @) L! C7 F" H8 _* _( b* k) p
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。”3 y1 X2 {- u, p% S; _: F
; L# u. g1 X& N- \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。2 Y# g0 W8 v o4 t- j, P
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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。 8 O" m' ]7 ?' h: }2 Y" y8 b; Y! z1 U
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。 8 K) y% p8 K F4 y ! Q# c0 {% c2 G; n M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。 6 v4 @+ I# w; a ! e2 h% M3 Q8 p6 w0 l* DMan out $1 million in Paraguay airport heist3 M2 Z! y6 B$ B
Five alleged robbers with automatic weapons rob Chinese citizen of case 0 a, b* `2 G4 L; i$ g& v3 @' t! l% O% o1 c
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ASUNCION, Paraguay - Gunmen robbed a Chinese citizen of $1 million on Tuesday during a brazen holdup inside an airport in the Paraguayan capital.+ g! R" ~; j$ M, \4 S- R5 ^
. i2 [' s/ q. D. B( 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. , R1 s' d9 }8 ]0 K- I% K7 U % r' J; w. \% J$ \/ o5 b% w3 ^1 X“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.”, }$ ?8 s, y3 g$ a. v. v& l; ?9 }% r
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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. ) ? `, N. c% v# t$ o, I " x& U" V( g; Y. A. j* aPolice 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. & m- H* W F1 }" _# M, M$ K) V0 a! q. P
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.
