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Who is Michael Stone and where is he now?

Michael Stone was born on April 2, 1955.
The 63-year-old grew up in East Belfast's working class Braniel Estate with one brother and four sisters. His father was a steelworker at Harland and Wolff shipyard his whole working life.
The loyalist paramilitary has previously admitted to joining the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) in 1972 and is also reported to have been a member of the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF).
He infamously killed three people and injured over 50 more in a one-man gun and grenade attack that became known as the Milltown Massacre.
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