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。 % k/ r/ W% X2 L% `# G% o; H+ E* d/ `# A) ]; n5 W5 e" D2 H" Y. _$ s
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。 * c+ J7 C; s5 e( r% Q& F4 d 3 I D6 r! W$ A- `" I2 m" {- ]8 w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。 + M4 {$ F* I% X u+ O0 a; q3 Z1 `8 }+ ?7 D
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。” , U: T+ P; `8 F% Z+ C( H ; O" F6 K/ z5 m& f. Q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。& g# a% y( p( f% ^( G7 D
6 m+ ^0 t& 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。 & k* r+ @, V U* @/ o9 H* P" T$ J 7 R8 P4 E n- Z: o3 N8 G ]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。 j# |- s! |( H- ] \9 I4 N0 a: p* G: X$ M2 a, ]; U" n
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。 , u4 E' T3 G1 ^* G4 {0 B8 l' M1 e- T! q* t
Man out $1 million in Paraguay airport heist( H5 P& w5 u9 p" O
Five alleged robbers with automatic weapons rob Chinese citizen of case " w+ h% n' i) ?. ] 6 c: b9 {2 C9 n) y" e# D. z) ]6 g9 lJuly 31, 2007 5 C+ ~+ [6 u& zASUNCION, Paraguay - Gunmen robbed a Chinese citizen of $1 million on Tuesday during a brazen holdup inside an airport in the Paraguayan capital. I7 d( f* ]* l0 R; j$ g / ^7 R2 ^% S& B) A# QThe heist in an airport boarding area caught police by surprise, and five assailants got away with the booty, police officer Julian Sanabria told reporters.( [5 R* c" H! R' E5 m
* ?3 n# q) c( r; f“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.” 4 m# G# A- k4 o& `0 ]* N+ N! {4 d% d5 r$ g' t9 @
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 e8 q) y( L2 ?. O2 U : {" c; d! i" j! q$ e% c# fPolice 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.: b' F V$ X& E! x
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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.
