Captain Robert Nairac is part of a group known as the Disappeared - 16 people who were killed and secretly buried by paramilitary groups during the Troubles.
The search for the body of a British soldier thought to have been killed by the IRA in 1977 is set to begin in remote farmland, a victim's commission has said. Captain Robert Nairac is part of a group of 16 people known as the Disappeared - those who were killed and secretly buried by paramilitary groups. The British army officer is thought to have been abducted by the Provisional IRA while working undercover in a pub in south Armagh in 1977.
He added that the search will also differ from the organisation's last, which was for County Tyrone teenager Columba McVeigh. 'The area itself is relatively small, less than one acre, and farmland is inherently more stable than the bogland we have had to work on in other searches for the Disappeared,' Mr Hill said. 'And so, while the weather is always a factor we have to deal with, I would hope that we will get a relatively clear run at this one.
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