Valery Fabrikant, who fatally shot four people at Concordia University in 1992, died in a Quebec prison on Saturday.
The Correctional Service of Canada issued a news release on Sunday stating that he died of natural causes at the age of 86.
Fabrikant has been serving a life sentence since June 8, 1993.
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On August 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.
Fabrikant faced dismissal before he committed his crimes and accused his colleagues of stealing his work.
He died at Archambault Institution, a medium and minimum security prison in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Que., in the Laurentians.
In 2020, the Parole Board of Canada rejected Fabrikant’s request for release, saying he would pose an undue risk to society. In its decision, the parole board noted that Fabrikant still did not admit that he had targeted innocent people after 28 years behind bars.
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