/ d) z u; s' ~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。”' N, ~3 O. ?' R3 g" u. k2 _5 Q9 E
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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。# [. |3 E2 A( l+ Z f( L$ V
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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。 * K. U# }" O Q! |( i4 z + D% S8 S0 v! I, O4 L) K3 }9 e& m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。 2 @% S1 V) U1 z2 D# R % f; k9 i8 A8 @3 {6 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。8 b, s; ?! J2 ^ P g& L# u
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Man out $1 million in Paraguay airport heist ' q: y' Y. L% \- x; p& X" T* j; m& _Five alleged robbers with automatic weapons rob Chinese citizen of case . X; i( P1 e) q& t/ J1 \3 F0 [7 m8 o4 C, v0 i! Y( i4 ^
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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.8 p) `& [8 b7 g |. M
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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. 3 C5 Q& x, D- U+ T9 W" d* B- M6 G, M1 V9 m0 q, t, s( G
“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, x, o1 d- w& K+ H) d, o" ? Y
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.- @6 b) z; P' u! |
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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. 9 q. B, H0 C' z; M& X8 { & E- X+ k! ]: H' z5 h) |0 bIn 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.
