% g! n8 p) L- @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。” # M d$ b8 ]7 h+ T4 t3 ~$ L ' b: ?2 j) x1 n0 j9 c. {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。' ?/ g5 i9 M8 Y4 @
9 ?. [: W3 p7 A4 {- t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。 . p0 L1 U2 n/ I$ r& V% q+ z. ^ v; \; w8 _
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 U% R: v4 F/ Z$ F5 m% e
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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。2 o' G3 f; J) Z: s
' C( ?& w9 C+ l' I" nMan out $1 million in Paraguay airport heist * O+ ^, W6 @% ]( C2 ^6 s4 nFive alleged robbers with automatic weapons rob Chinese citizen of case( ?; a5 k: I7 e! O" u w9 V" S
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ASUNCION, Paraguay - Gunmen robbed a Chinese citizen of $1 million on Tuesday during a brazen holdup inside an airport in the Paraguayan capital.) p0 t4 C! H0 a8 v
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The heist in an airport boarding area caught police by surprise, and five assailants got away with the booty, police officer Julian Sanabria told reporters. * b$ B+ G$ [% h) Q! w {7 y, h5 B, |$ ~
“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.” 6 w+ R: N1 k- O3 L( f9 k. Y L, y4 J; L
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.# s: k$ P: \( f
) `! l% P4 L: k& W0 n% D6 `& b6 dPolice 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. & z4 s8 O/ `0 F- I( A* K4 [7 l 0 x; G2 o' V8 D9 tIn 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.
