Clashes in Iraq Shi'ite city after U.S. raid

Undated photo of previous demonstration by al-Sadr supporters.

DIWANIYA, Iraq, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Authorities put the Iraqi city of Diwaniya under curfew on Thursday after a man was killed and several wounded in clashes that followed a U.S. army raid on an office of radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.

U.S. troops reinforced the Shi'ite city, 180 km (115 miles) south of Baghdad, two weeks ago after fighting between Sadr's Mehdi Army militia and the Iraqi army left dozens reported dead.

Ten people were wounded on Thursday, doctors said, after guards at the provincial governor's office fired on dozens of Sadr followers protesting about the overnight raid. A woman and child were hurt when U.S. troops clashed with stone-throwing Sadr supporters outside their movement's local headquarters.

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