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Bomb allegedly left at US base by Alen Zheng was built inside 2 Pepsi bottles
April 4, 2026
South China Morning Post
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The bomb placed outside a US Air Force Base visitors centre in Florida last month was built inside two 2-litre cherry Pepsi bottles, according to federal prosecutors. Alen Zheng, 20, of Land O’Lakes, is accused of planting the bomb and lighting the fuse at the base on March 10. He drove the explosive to MacDill Air Force Base in the boot of his Mercedes SUV, according to a document filed by prosecutors Friday.

The bomb did not detonate. US Attorney Gregory Kehoe has said it had the “potential to...
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