Brother, sister indicted in alleged IED plot at Florida base tied to Iran war; one suspect in China

A member and a sister person been indicted successful transportation to the placement of a imaginable explosive instrumentality astatine MacDill Air Force Base successful Florida, Fox News Digital has learned. 

The FBI said Alen Zheng, who is believed to person planted the device, is presently successful China. He is indicted connected charges of attempted harm of authorities spot by occurrence oregon explosion, unlawful making of a destructive instrumentality and possession of an unregistered destructive device.

FBI Tampa has arrested his sister, Ann Mary Zheng, who is charged with accessory aft the information and tampering with evidence.

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Police officers with the Tampa Police Department artifact postulation on South Dale Mabry Highway adjacent the main entranceway of MacDill Air Force Base, which houses CENTCOM headquarters, aft a suspicious bundle was reported astatine the gross successful Tampa, Florida, connected March 16, 2026. (Octavio JONES / AFP via Getty Images)

"Today’s indictments are the effect of tremendous investigative enactment from our FBI teams and large coordination from our state, local, and national partners crossed the board," FBI Director Kash Patel said successful a connection to Fox News Digital.

"No 1 who targets our brave work members and subject facilities volition ever get distant with it – and this FBI volition prosecute each those liable for the incidental astatine MacDill Air Force Base to the ends of the earth," helium added.

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FBI Director Kash Patel arrives to attest earlier the Senate Judiciary Committee successful the Hart Senate Office Building connected Capitol Hill connected Sept. 16, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The indictments were unsealed Thursday, and a property league is expected.

On March 16, FBI Tampa had announced that a suspicious bundle had been discovered extracurricular the MacDill visitant center.

MacDill Air Force Base houses the office of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), which is presently handling Operation Epic Fury against Iran. 

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The basal besides houses U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), which oversees each peculiar operations forces crossed the Department of War.

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