According to media reports, 38-year-old al-Obeidi was gunned down by unidentified men driving a car, while on his way to work in the city centre. The station he managed, Baba Gurgur, broadcasts in Arabic, Kurdish and Turkmen, and is part of the Iraqi Media Network.
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