Seven Iraqi policemen were killed when a house apparently rigged with explosives blew up north of Baghdad, police said.

The police had entered the house to conduct a search, police said. The blast took place in the town of Buhriz in volatile Diyala province, where US and Iraqi forces have launched a new offensive against al Qaeda militants.

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