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| Man shoots himself dead in Notre Dame de Paris | Man shoots himself dead in Notre Dame de Paris |
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| A man has shot himself dead inside the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris in the French capital, police say. | A man has shot himself dead inside the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris in the French capital, police say. |
| An initial investigation found that the man had killed himself in front of the main altar shortly after 16:00 local time (14:00 GMT). | An initial investigation found that the man had killed himself in front of the main altar shortly after 16:00 local time (14:00 GMT). |
| Local media reports said he was a 78-year-old writer and essayist. | |
| The cathedral was reportedly evacuated calmly after the shooting, but the exact number of people who were inside at the time was unknown. | |
| More than 850 years old, Notre Dame is the most popular unticketed site in Paris, with upwards of 14 million visitors each year. | |
| The French news website Europe 1 reported the police had found a letter beside the body of the dead man. | |
| It identified him as Dominique Venner, a former member of the Secret Army Organisation (OAS), which opposed Algerian independence in the early 1960s. | |
| Europe 1 also said he had been close to the campaign against the government's recent decision to legalise same-sex marriage. President Francois Hollande signed the bill into law on Saturday. | |
| A note posted on Mr Venner's blog on Wednesday condemned the move. |