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The Concordia University massacre was a school shooting on August 24, 1992 in which Dr. Valery I. Fabrikant, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, killed four colleagues and wounded a staff member at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. ==Overview== Dr. Valery Fabrikant was a mechanical engineering associate professor who had worked at Concordia University for 13 years. He had begun as a technician, and long demonstrated disruptive behaviour against students, staff members and other academics, described as ranging from "undesirable to intolerable", which the university had struggled to deal with. In addition he had presented academic challenges in teaching and supervision. As early as 1989, he had begun to talk about shootings as a way to solve problems.〔(John Scott Cowan, ''Lessons from the Fabrikant File: A Report to the Board of Governors of Concordia University'' ), May 1994, Concordia University Records Management and Archives, accessed 4 April 2012〕 Relations between Dr. Fabrikant and the University became increasingly strained in late 1991 and the spring of 1992. Colleagues became alarmed after he turned his aggression against them. After being denied tenure, Fabrikant charged members of the engineering department with questionable financial dealings and improper credit for research work. Because of much unacceptable behaviour in addition to the charges, he faced university dismissal on grounds of intimidation and harassment of fellow staff members. He was also under a contempt of court charge for behaviour in a lawsuit against colleagues regarding credit on professional articles. On August 24, Fabrikant entered the Engineering department at Concordia with three guns and ammunition in his briefcase, in planned revenge. In his shooting rampage on the ninth floor of the Henry F. Hall Building, he killed Departmental Chair Phoivos Ziogas and professors Matthew Douglass, Michael Hogben, and Aaron Jaan Saber (known as Jaan Saber). Fabrikant wounded Elizabeth Horwood, a departmental staff secretary. None of the victims were personally involved in the controversy, which Fabrikant had started. Fabrikant was charged with murder and assault, convicted and sentenced to life in prison. He will be eligible for parole in 2017. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Concordia University massacre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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