BAGHDAD (AP) — Police and army officers told a court they found a pistol silencer in the home of Iraq’s fugitive vice president as testimony continued Tuesday in a terror trial that has deepened a split in the country’s government.

Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, one of Iraq’s highest-ranking Sunni politicians, is accused of running death squads made up of bodyguards who allegedly carried out bombings and shootings against Shiites. The Baghdad court hearing the case adjourned Tuesday after hearing a few hours of testimony.