Historian Kills Himself in Paris’ Notre Dame to Make Statement Against Homosexual Marriage and Islam
Photo Credit: CNNA right-wing historian and author killed himself inside the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris Tuesday in front of horrified tourists, police said.
About 1,500 people at the cathedral were evacuated, CNN affiliate BFM reported. The site is one of the world’s most prominent churches and a huge tourist attraction in the French capital.
BFM identified the man as Dominique Venner, 78.
Le Monde newspaper quoted a rector at the cathedral, who said the man placed a letter on the altar and then shot himself.
On his blog, Venner has lashed out against same-sex marriage and what he called a future Islamist takeover of France.
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