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。 ) U L! `* i. g# }: K 6 y B# w+ K- W0 v" \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 n# k/ \2 Z# l
- I6 I I' K& s3 K7 U" \6 {/ k
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。" m1 \/ d; F- G3 q" L& i
8 n$ F- Y2 E5 y; c; h" e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。”/ L7 B z8 \. G- S
: d0 q. E' Z+ ?; z/ W2 a
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。8 e g/ }' I6 V4 K1 ^* [
" K3 g. ?0 C$ g3 t: N: o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。4 [, `% W _: ]6 Y* _3 Z; x
2 ?. c7 J/ [$ M; R9 [- g! e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。. H' q+ R, U$ X' ^* e$ W
2 {8 J( D$ C5 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。 : m) \, k- b+ P. B; w5 n% _. a/ r0 L$ v5 T' q3 l
Man out $1 million in Paraguay airport heist 5 n: h' u3 ?6 m+ X- {Five alleged robbers with automatic weapons rob Chinese citizen of case0 Y, r- _& J3 Q7 y1 q) R
( y, i3 ~0 m1 k- u5 p6 P! ~' w; WJuly 31, 20076 F* O" B: Y+ X" U9 W! `* c% Z
ASUNCION, Paraguay - Gunmen robbed a Chinese citizen of $1 million on Tuesday during a brazen holdup inside an airport in the Paraguayan capital. 6 @6 n+ `: o" a/ \. a . Y1 {% N( u6 [) k% k5 CThe heist in an airport boarding area caught police by surprise, and five assailants got away with the booty, police officer Julian Sanabria told reporters. 3 ?# E- L& C* k7 J" i ! _1 \! d. H: v" s# H“With automatic weapons in hand, they went up to the Chinese passenger and took away the case with a million dollars,” Sanabria said. “We police were all surprised, and also we could not fire because there were 150 passengers waiting in the boarding area at that moment.” & m$ y4 N" V( t. ?0 c. i1 F5 E9 Q1 Q% [$ \& x7 V' d) N
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. # V+ ^8 B4 p* V. D- l" I: o4 U9 w2 ]9 F5 |' c! W' B
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. 7 e) S/ M8 U) G+ L* m9 J6 i' q* W1 k0 S' a4 }2 q% `
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.
