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。& V' x1 e0 h* i& k& F1 s
' H3 P, a, V n" J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。 3 Y1 S4 z u- \0 ~0 T3 u2 A1 L; ? $ O4 }2 O: @$ q" L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。 2 b% d' S$ m5 ^! F6 G" w3 N* ` % q$ i0 N$ B; W" p5 a5 N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。” - }% q8 Q6 }. h2 E2 w* Q 2 U q) p2 a- s' f; 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。 : m4 v0 X" ^; J5 H/ K- M; Q- v$ B9 V+ N0 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。 $ w! w- h* s1 C2 T 8 h* D7 O9 {4 G$ _+ n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。3 s" p5 |% x2 m
6 j2 c: F0 Z6 l3 b' @, e/ v* 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。1 k% j0 }: e& Y y
& H3 g, ~5 A. K$ |! uMan out $1 million in Paraguay airport heist ! I* K$ R4 s/ W2 a& l: CFive alleged robbers with automatic weapons rob Chinese citizen of case 8 ^+ t2 A8 x! ]$ _. w3 a / T/ b# B, ?8 B# {1 Q# FJuly 31, 2007 ! k& N' B* e" WASUNCION, Paraguay - Gunmen robbed a Chinese citizen of $1 million on Tuesday during a brazen holdup inside an airport in the Paraguayan capital.7 e7 V; \& b$ \
/ u: W j6 Y% ^ r9 E* j' ~6 a- R$ [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.) N% `6 f" I: ]( x7 t+ b
4 D9 O z/ ^+ C# ^' x: z1 l j“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.” ' ~: l7 D- W0 z0 l) U/ t ; M H& j1 O8 C9 t0 [ 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.4 P" @% m, G3 w6 `! i4 ~" t
6 d7 [9 B" c! HPolice 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.4 ]$ H+ p" N- \* R
$ ~" l% [/ I# V( Y9 t$ z. ^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.
