A man committed suicide in the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris , police said . The site was evacuated . The man , identified as Dominique Martin , regularly lashed out against same - sex marriage and Islamists . His `` last gesture , which was highly political , was to try to wake up the people of France , '' she wrote . Right - wing politician Marine Le Pen expressed respect for him .
A man committed suicide in the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris , police said . The site was evacuated . The man , identified as Dominique Martin , regularly lashed out against same - sex marriage and Islamists . Right - wing politician Marine Le Pen expressed respect for him .