State government buildings face bomb threats for second consecutive day
Government buildings across the South received bomb threats on Thursday — the second day that such warnings prompted serious security measures at government facilities.
Government buildings across the South received bomb threats on Thursday — the second consecutive day that such warnings prompted serious security measures at government facilities.
In Mississippi, “multiple bomb threats at various locations across the state” prompted officials to take “precautionary measures” and put in place “standard emergency procedures,” the state’s Department of Public Safety wrote on X.
The agency said bomb teams had been deployed to locations throughout the state.
Department spokesperson Bailey Martin said the agency was working with state and federal officials in investigating the threats.
Tyree Jones, the sheriff of Hinds County — which includes the state Capitol in Jackson — wrote on X that several local and state courthouses had received threats and been evacuated.
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