A prison van drives around the Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines correctional facility in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec, on July 3, 2005. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
The perpetrator of the Concordia massacre dies in prison at 86
Jun 28, 2026 | 10:06 AM
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MONTREAL — Valery Fabrikant, who shot four people dead at Concordia University in 1992, died in a Quebec prison on Saturday.
Correctional Service Canada put out a news release on Sunday stating he had died of apparent natural causes at the age of 86.
Fabrikant had been serving a life sentence since June 8, 1993.
On Aug. 24, 1992, Fabrikant, a former professor of mechanical engineering at Concordia University in Montreal, opened fire in the university’s engineering department building, killing four professors and wounding a secretary.
