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。4 P v9 w/ {% o6 n# M, X
3 f3 `4 C7 v* [' k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 b% F" W) ~/ E4 Q* r" T
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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。1 o5 f+ F# e' N' m8 o* P
% O. W. V% a) C% O- M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。”. S; e* P0 U& E) U
' y8 W5 R+ q) i9 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。 ! P- T% Z/ ^' p% m' k G9 U6 k5 ~1 y/ R- U0 k: }- H
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。5 @& X# G6 S' Q" U1 r+ F, k& w# Z
, f6 ?5 M) f: \& B6 D) E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。" [& r8 _6 e, I6 Y4 e- M4 I2 W, i$ Q' a
# m* }" G# B2 D& w% f/ U- IMan out $1 million in Paraguay airport heist 7 O& p0 f# N- M- rFive alleged robbers with automatic weapons rob Chinese citizen of case 4 ?* S4 J5 W7 s' h1 Q; A& d- u* W# N+ n6 \$ L
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ASUNCION, Paraguay - Gunmen robbed a Chinese citizen of $1 million on Tuesday during a brazen holdup inside an airport in the Paraguayan capital. ( h/ f) {/ U+ d3 `" v2 m, H6 {5 |: U( J, W9 O
The heist in an airport boarding area caught police by surprise, and five assailants got away with the booty, police officer Julian Sanabria told reporters.0 b3 h/ \7 \* \" c: e
; Y$ G0 I( s I) M“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.”# x! }0 c B$ o3 q' q+ T/ S
! |% ~4 t. `" A" A) ]2 ZThe 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. H- u+ c* Y/ I: i) O/ `2 T 0 i$ z+ s, H2 P3 b; f. o' A% APolice 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. " l# g6 I3 F* J* k) b0 J! ^$ t% D
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.
