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。: f# ~+ N" b- A
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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 ?& k" k: _' Y. ?2 i % l0 i! k7 F \& L8 {+ c- a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。 % Z- o3 u3 k7 A- K2 |% x6 w) P3 J) ^( s' `# d, P
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。” D) i0 k- z& s" M E! R7 P" U# g, n+ E$ ]* A9 v' I
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。 9 V! C* `8 k+ w6 d4 p5 Z B. Z' @* ?+ R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$ Z8 M% P5 Y# a
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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。 6 Q. A2 y7 b. d6 E0 D. j ; a% P5 r$ C8 P& F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。' C- _2 R* J i' `+ c
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Man out $1 million in Paraguay airport heist & o6 w" s& T7 H. ?. m2 T+ H! ?* ?3 qFive alleged robbers with automatic weapons rob Chinese citizen of case 8 S2 R. T0 [/ l6 q# w8 w" W6 } % ]& R; b& k2 g1 R& j2 mJuly 31, 2007 P4 m. [. r7 D" s# |ASUNCION, Paraguay - Gunmen robbed a Chinese citizen of $1 million on Tuesday during a brazen holdup inside an airport in the Paraguayan capital. - K' y8 Y* n- G; P7 @, c8 }3 X2 k
The heist in an airport boarding area caught police by surprise, and five assailants got away with the booty, police officer Julian Sanabria told reporters. # p* Z% J4 R7 \$ V6 ~ 7 i# B% |% f+ y: X- p( e“With automatic weapons in hand, they went up to the Chinese passenger and took away the case with a million dollars,” Sanabria said. “We police were all surprised, and also we could not fire because there were 150 passengers waiting in the boarding area at that moment.”, `, E" s" e* B% h
2 p5 T! t! B: h' iThe victim of the robbery, identified by police as Don Jon Kin, owns a currency exchange business at the airport and is a resident of Paraguay.: n7 K$ w1 E4 e# X
' }0 G7 \2 @* }+ H9 `3 ~: F qPolice 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.; G% p) O8 O( o0 |5 Q9 @
/ v1 @4 c; W8 OIn 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.
