Chapter 1047 First Arrival (Double is still there, please vote for me)
Dar es Salaam is the largest city in Tanzania and the original capital of the country. It has a population of less than 5 million, accounting for the country’s total population. About one-tenth of that.
The nominal capital of the country is Dodoma, a small city located in the interior, with a population of only 400,000. Except for Tanzanians, almost all countries and regions regard Dar es Salaam as this country. The real capital.
The story begins in the 1970s. At that time, a large Eastern country found some friendly black brothers in Africa and told them that we were all third world countries and should cherish each other.
Everyone knows what happened after that. Dongda and some African countries naturally came together to keep warm.
At that time, the Prime Minister of the University of Tokyo visited Tanzania for the first time. When talking about some wars, he casually said that Dar es Salaam is on the edge of the Indian Ocean and the terrain is not very good. It is almost undefendable and prone to invasion by foreign enemies.
Coupled with various other factors, in 1973, the country decided to move its capital to the inland city of Dodoma. However, after a war with Uganda, although it won, Tanzania also ran out of money. There was not much vitality in the first place.
What followed was the oil crisis in 1979, which completely depleted the country's foreign exchange reserves. Coupled with the lazy and casual nature of the black guys, the plan to move the capital was delayed for nearly half a century.
Up to now, although some administrative departments have moved to Dodoma, due to problems such as inadequate infrastructure, almost all foreign diplomatic missions in Tanzania still remain in Dar es Salaam.
There is no direct flight from New York to Dar es Salaam. The fastest one requires a transfer through Dubai, which takes nearly 20 hours.
As usual, the FBI arranged a military C-17 "Globemaster" transport plane for everyone, but after a lot of twists and turns, it finally landed at Kilimanjaro International Airport.
By the time everyone arrived at the Arusha train station where the missing American tourists were supposed to arrive, a day and a half had passed since the incident.
Arusha is the third largest city in Tanzania and the most famous tourist attraction in Africa. Most people’s stereotypes of Africa come from here.
Here are wildebeests crossing the Crocodile River during the great animal migration, African elephants that can flatten a car with one foot, tribal warriors holding spears with only a piece of blue cloth tied around their waists, and majestic beggars. Uhuru Peak is the highest peak of Mount Limanjaro.
A slightly bloated local police officer wearing a black beret and a tan khaki uniform received Jack and his party.
"I'm Detective Bolino."
Detective Bolino's English is very good, his attitude is neither arrogant nor deliberately trying to please, but for some reason, Jack feels an inexplicable temperament. Familiarity.
He and Jubal looked at each other and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. In any case, this was a good start. In such an unfamiliar place, there was a local police officer who could communicate smoothly and was willing to cooperate. Stronger than anything else.
Jubal first introduced himself, and then briefly introduced the identities of the people who got off the two Humvees.
A total of 5 people came for this trip to Africa. Jiejie and Alice stayed in New York. When Jack and the others left New York on the transport plane, the BAU team led by Hotchner had just entered Long Island. 's office.
Time was tight and the task was heavy. While sending Jack and his party, Rossi also recruited the BAU team, who were responsible for comforting and questioning the families of the missing tourists.
There are 23 missing people in total, which means there may be multiple family members here. The work in this area is both tedious and very important. No matter how capable Jiejie is, she is unable to do all the work.
Although Tanzania is considered a middle-income country in Africa, its infrastructure does conform to the public’s stereotype of Africa’s backward regions. When people go somewhere, let alone the Internet, mobile phone signals are intermittent. . Therefore, Alice was also left in New York, responsible for investigating the background information of the missing persons.
Although the local area is more advanced than the United States in some aspects. The ticket window in Dar es Salaam as the train departure station even has electronic payment, but because these American tourists buy tickets Cash was used at the time, and the specific identities of more than half of the people are still unknown.
Information about the number of missing people and the identity of some tourists was provided by the pastor of a small town church where they had done volunteer work before.
"Detectives, please come with me." After a brief exchange of greetings, Detective Bolino went straight to the point, waving his hand for everyone to follow him to a train car parked on the side road.
“My subordinates checked the carriage and found no signs of forced entry, and I also noticed that it seemed that the luggage of the passengers had been left in the carriage.”
Jack glanced at this gray carriage, and a familiar sense of sight came over him again. He had ridden this kind of train when he was a child, not in this world, but in his childhood in a previous life.
This is a typical hard-seat green leather car with a 3+2 seat layout. It is slightly different from Jack’s impression mainly because of the interior color scheme. The upper half is fixed and only the lower half of the window can be opened. It made him smile knowingly.
The interior of the carriage was cleaner than Jack expected, and there was no strange smell, but it was a little messy.
An old-fashioned standard green leather hard-seat carriage can seat 118 passengers. According to the information provided by the Tanzanian side, this carriage is considered a private box. There are only 23 American passengers, so they sit very spaciously.
In addition to the more than twenty suitcases stuffed in the overhead luggage rack, there were also travel bags, handbags, various travel souvenirs and even water bottles left on the seats.
In view of the fact that Detective Bolino said that he and his people had already checked it out and did not expect to use any modern criminal investigation technology in such a place, no one was wearing gloves at all. Clay directly reached out and I took a box off the luggage rack and opened it.
Passports, laptops, tablets, cameras, and even some belongings, everyone opened several suitcases and frowned when they saw these.
"What kind of kidnapper would abandon valuables and not even take away a passport that can confirm the hostage's identity?"
As a former member of the Special Forces, Clay participated in many overseas operations. It was a hostage rescue mission, and I was quite familiar with similar kidnapping procedures.
"Kidnappers with a certain degree of organization? Maybe what the conductor said is true. The train did not stop midway, so the limited window period did not allow them to waste too much time?" Aubrey guessed.
"Perhaps, the benefits of taking away one more hostage are indeed much higher than retaining these properties." Jack was noncommittal about this.
"Or maybe the kidnapper is experienced enough." Hannah pulled out a large number of mobile phones from under a seat, 23 in total, not a lot of them.
"This way we don't expect tracking via GPS positioning."
(End of Chapter)