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 ...

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 ...

Marine Le Pen, the leader of France's popular right wing National Front party, has said that a public suicide that appears to have been an anti-gay marriage protest was a "political act" that was ...

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 ...

"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 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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.