BAGHDAD, Oct 10 (Reuters) - An Iraqi journalist was killed on Friday in a drive-by shooting in the northern city of Kirkuk, police said.

Diyar Abbas, a stringer for independent news agency Aien, was shot by armed men in a car as he left the office of a Kirkuk artists' association on Friday evening.

Abbas, a Kurd, was 28.

Iraq is the world's most dangerous country for journalists. According to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, at least 135 journalists have been killed in the line of duty in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. (Editing by Tim Pearce)

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