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。9 _1 X9 B. i0 `2 Z# y! B
+ `8 j; x/ o" z! C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。2 k/ C. P0 }# \! v0 J0 \8 a
% Z% D; I- R8 i# B( u4 n0 u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。; z5 h/ j( x$ f" }9 a
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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。” & l+ k6 g8 H+ H& C $ d" C* O0 h& `- 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 @4 A' }' n5 `% Y. x( g % {3 @( s6 R/ d) f3 T' I8 G8 q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。 * Y) F' ~' [7 d) V% }* g3 |! r& |4 L0 X9 B$ N' c: y7 p
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。 4 ?/ W* J7 A4 h6 T' e% V% n" r) t# y/ S; Y) w5 _- Z8 S
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。- k: d# E9 U6 L7 M* ?
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Man out $1 million in Paraguay airport heist 5 |) u8 x+ o+ d6 v7 O* W3 WFive alleged robbers with automatic weapons rob Chinese citizen of case + D7 |9 l' M5 c( _9 s$ \; W# Q# P9 }4 L! D
July 31, 2007 4 [# f7 T& M% ?, t \) j1 gASUNCION, Paraguay - Gunmen robbed a Chinese citizen of $1 million on Tuesday during a brazen holdup inside an airport in the Paraguayan capital. . ]6 ?/ R. O8 _. K9 N+ }( `: r r3 ?7 d; W9 X5 i
The heist in an airport boarding area caught police by surprise, and five assailants got away with the booty, police officer Julian Sanabria told reporters. . Q+ { Q5 o v4 s: p' l g 3 S* F8 b' l- a“With automatic weapons in hand, they went up to the Chinese passenger and took away the case with a million dollars,” Sanabria said. “We police were all surprised, and also we could not fire because there were 150 passengers waiting in the boarding area at that moment.”$ O' J; G7 w9 B* p' @2 X! K
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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.. a" R0 G! Y. Y f
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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. 5 q5 \! K4 J7 i# ]& Y9 o5 B8 V- @3 s+ D" 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.
