At least nine US state capitol buildings evacuated after bomb threats

Traffic rolls past the state capitol in Jackson, Mississippi, as police respond to a bomb threat. Photograph: Rogelio V Solis/AP

At least nine state capitol buildings across the US were under evacuation orders on Wednesday due to bomb threats, according to officials.

Government buildings in Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan Mississippi and Montana received bomb threats via email to offices of secretaries of states and legislative officials.