A campaigner opposed to gay marriage shot himself dead in front of hundreds of visitors at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris today. Dominique Venner, 78, walked up to the altar, put a Herstal automatic ...

Just after 4 p.m. on Tuesday, a 78-year-old man made his way to the altar of the Notre Dame cathedral in the center of Paris. After laying a sealed envelope on the altar, he pulled out a small Belgian ...

Born on April 16 1935, the son of an ardent supporter of the fascist, anti-Semitic Parti Populaire Français , Venner became a member of the neo-fascist Jeune Nation and Jeune Europe groups during the ...

"I think I need to sacrifice myself to break the lethargy that overwhelms us" - the parting words of Dominique Venner, a French far-right historian who shot himself on Tuesday afternoon, beside the ...

A far-right French historian shot himself in the head beside the altar of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris today apparently in protest against the legalisation of gay marriage in France. Dominique Venner ...

A political row has been triggered in France by the public suicide of a 78-year-old far-right author and historian. Dominique Venner shot himself through the mouth in front of the main altar of ...

A French right-wing historian shot himself dead yesterday in front of hundreds of tourists at the altar of the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris in protest at the introduction of gay marriage in France.

A far-right French historian has shot himself dead at the altar of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris in a protest against France's adoption of same-sex marriage. Police say Dominique Venner, 78, an ...

Dominique Venner, an award-winning far-right historian, shot himself inside the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has said a suicide on Tuesday in Notre-Dame ...

Mr Venner shot himself in front of Notre-Dame's altar "I think I need to sacrifice myself to break the lethargy that overwhelms us" - the parting words of Dominique Venner, a French far-right ...

"I think I need to sacrifice myself to break the lethargy that overwhelms us" - the parting words of Dominique Venner, a French far-right historian who shot himself on Tuesday afternoon, beside the ...