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Forensic experts searching for the long-hidden graves of Irish Republican Army victims found the remains Wednesday of a body during a month-long search, the latest in a long line of grim discoveries that seek to resolve old grievances of the Northern Ireland conflict.

The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains said it could not confirm yet whether the remains found near a drainage ditch in boggy farmland northwest of Dublin near Oristown, County Meath, represents a member of its list of missing IRA abduction victims.

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The expert group was established in 1999 as part of Northern Ireland’s peace process to pinpoint the unmarked graves of up to 14 people kidnapped, tortured and secretly buried by the outlawed IRA from 1972 to 1981.

Previous searches inspired by IRA tipoffs have found the confirmed remains of seven IRA victims. But seven others – six Catholic civilians and an undercover British Army officer – have yet to be found.