Victim’s commission promised

NORTHERN Secretary Peter Hain said yesterday he plans to announce a form of commission for victims, similar to that set up in South Africa, in the autumn.

“There is a process of healing in Northern Ireland. There are many many victims, 3,500 and more people have been killed,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.

“There are many, many people who have been maimed and whose lives have been torn in half by the conflict and they need recognition and they need acknowledgement.