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During the funerals, at Milltown Cemetery in Belfast, for the three IRA members killed in Gibraltar (6 March 1988), a Loyalist gunman, Michael Stone, launched a grenade and gun attack on mourners. Three people were killed and 50 injured. Stone was chased to a nearby motorway were he was attacked by a number of mourners. The police arrived in time to save his life.

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Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
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Session: Sunday, 13 March 1988, at 12:00

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