LITTLETON, Colo.—The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is conducting a three-day training for bomb sniffing dogs in detecting hydrogen peroxide bombs.
About 20 dogs from seven states across the country will participate in the training that begins Tuesday at Dakota Ridge High School in Littleton.
Bomb detection dogs are being trained to pass the National Odor Recognition Test that has been developed by the ATF.
Training includes detection of hydrogen peroxide explosives.
Such explosives were used in homemade bombs in the 2004 and 2005 bombings in Madrid and London, as well as the failed 2009 Christmas underwear bombing attempt of an airliner over Detroit and the 2009 thwarted New York subway attack plot by Aurora resident Najibullah Zazi, who used beauty supplies to make an explosive.
