(中央社巴黎2日綜合外電報導)根據法國警方與救援人員,今天在巴黎戴高樂機場附近的飯店外,約6名歹徒噴催淚瓦斯攻擊中國觀光客,搶劫他們的行李逃逸。
法新社報導,救援人員表示,2名觀光客及1名翻譯受輕傷,送醫治療。
警方告訴法新社,這起攻擊事件於早上8時左右發生,當時這些中國觀光客正將行李搬上遊覽車。
1名警官說,「數個提袋與私人物品遭搶」,並稱歹徒已逃離現場,且有「多名旅客受驚」。
在北京當局對類似事件不斷增加表達關切後,法國當局於2013年加強中國旅行團周邊的安全措施。
Around six assailants sprayed teargas on Chinese tourists outside a hotel near Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport on Tuesday and made off with their luggage, police and rescue services said.
Two tourists and an interpreter were slightly injured and taken to hospital, rescue workers said.
The attack occurred around 8.00 am as the tourists were loading their luggage onto a tour bus, police said.
“Several bags and personal effects were taken,” a police official added. The thieves fled the scene and “several passengers were in shock”.
Rescue workers said there were 27 Chinese tourists on a tour run by an Italian company and that the coach driver was Italian.
China has the world’s second-largest economy, and its burgeoning and increasingly solvent middle class is travelling abroad in numbers greater than ever before.
But in many countries, particularly France, their reputation for carrying large amounts of cash has made them a target of thieves.
French authorities tightened security around Chinese tourist groups in 2013 after Beijing expressed concern about the increasing number of incidents.
In September last year, a Chinese tourist guide was robbed of 25,000 euros in cash and his new Rolex watch after he had prevented two of his group from being robbed themselves outside a hotel in a Paris suburb.
