Attack on Ethiopian troops kills 1 Somali - source

MOGADISHU, Jan 10 (Reuters) A rocket-propelled grenade fired at an Ethiopian military truck in Mogadishu today hit a Somali family home and killed at least one person, a Somali government source said.

It was the latest in a series of small attacks on Ethiopian troops who entered Somalia to help the interim government oust Islamists over the New Year.

''Somali militia fired a rocket propelled grenade, but it missed the truck and hit a family house behind. There is a casualty,'' the source said of the attack in the Arafat area of north Mogadishu.

It was not clear who carried out the attack, though suspicion will fall on Islamist remnants. Militia loyal to Somali warlords have also started coming back to Mogadishu since the defeat of the Islamists.

Addis Ababa wants to pull out its troops within weeks, but that would leave the government highly vulnerable if African peacekeepers are not there instead of the Ethiopians to protect it.

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