Man who killed self in Notre Dame was known far-right figure

The man who shot himself dead today at Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral was a well-known far-right activist who had written a blog post shortly before his death denouncing an "infamous law" legalising gay marriage in France.
Police and his publisher confirmed the man's identity as Dominique Venner, 78, a long-time essayist and activist linked with France's far-right.