A French far-right activist committed suicide inside the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris in the French capital on Tuesday, three days after a law legalising same-sex marriage came into effect, according to a Reuters report.<br /><br />Dominique Venner took his life shortly after 4pm at the cathedral, one of Paris' biggest tourist draws, in front of some 1,500 people.<br /><br />The 78-year-old, who made no statement before killing himself, carried a letter on his person and placed it on the altar before shooting himself. The contents of the letter were not released to the media.<br /><br />Mr. Venner reportedly pulled out a pistol and shot himself through the mouth next to the altar of the 850-year-old monument.<br /><br />An attendant attempted to resuscitate the historian before emergency services arrived.<br /><br />The incident comes just days after a 50-year-old man killed himself with a sawn-off shotgun in front of dozens of children at a private Catholic school near the Eiffel tower.<br /><br />FOR MORE TOMONEWS US, GO TO: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TomoNewsUS <br />Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TomoNewsUS<br />Twitter @tomonewsus http://www.twitter.com/TomoNewsUS<br />Google+ http://gplus.to/TomoNewsUS<br /><br />FOR FUNNY TAIWANESE ANIMATIONS, GO TO: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NMAWorldEdition <br /><br />FOR FUNNY TAIWANESE ANIMATIONS IN ENGLISH, GO TO: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NMAtv <br /><br />FOR TOMONEWS IN JAPANESE, GO TO: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TomoNewsJP <br /><br />FOR APPLE DAILY ENGLISH, GO TO: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=AppleDailyEnglish
