The judge has adjourned the trial for a month to enable authorities to protect witnesses more effectively.

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The defence argues that the woman and 31 men on trial could not have been responsible for the attack on the witness because they were in jail.

The accused include a cleric from the Tabliq sect.

The prosecution didn’t give any further details about the alleged attack on the witness.

The spate of killings included the head of Uganda’s Shia community, Sheikh Abdu Kadir Muwaya, who was shot dead Christmas Day 2014 in Kampala.

Three days later Sheikh Mustafa Bahiga, a leader of the Tabliq sect was also shot dead.

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