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8 FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1992
Shooting Spree
Rocks Montreal
Montreal (JTA) — A Soviet
Jewish emigre's shooting
spree at Concordia Univer-
sity has rocked the commun-
ity and raised questions
about whether the tragedy
might have been prevented.
The incident occurred
when the emigre, an associ-
ate professor of mechanical
engineering at Concordia
who had just been denied
tenure, angrily opened fire
on his colleagues, killing two
faculty members and woun-
ding three others.
Valery Fabrikant, 52, a
specialist in "elasticity
theory" who came to Canada
from Moscow 14 years ago,
was to be arraigned in a
Montreal courtroom.
Following the shootings,
he surrendered to police, but
not before seizing two
hostages, resulting in a
tense 30-minute standoff.
Both hostages were
unharmed.
Mr. Fabrikant entered the
university's mechanical en-
gineering department in the
late afternoon, several hours
after learning he had been
denied tenure, apparently
intent on settling scores
with those he held responsi-
ble.
He allegedly shot dead
Michael Hogben, an associ-
ate professor of chemistry
and biochemistry, and Mat-
thew Douglas, a professor of
civil engineering.
The wounded included
Jann Saber, a Jewish associ-
ate professor of mechanical
engineering who only re-
cently had offered to help
communal officials find jobs
in the field of mechanical
engineering for newly arriv-
ed Russian Jews.
Mr. Saber, whose wife,
Sara, is a former regional di-
rector of the B'nai B'rith
Youth Organization, was
shot in back of the head and
side and was reported in
critical condition.
Also wounded were
Phoivos Ziogas, chairman of
the electrical and computer
engineering department,
and Elizabeth Horwood, sec-
retary to the department
chairman.
Mr. Fabrikant had ap-
parently been experiencing
severe psychological prob-
lems for some time.
"Everyone speculated as to
whether (these problems)
would cross the line to
violence," said Stephen
Scheinberg, a Concordia his-
tory professor who chaired a
university senate committee
that last November heard
grievances brought by Mr*.
Fabrikant against Concor-
dia.
"All of us practiced deniato
trying to believe it would
not," he said.
Mr. Scheinberg, who is
chairman of B'nai Brith7
Canada's League for Human
Rights, told the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency that M..-Gr•
Fabrikant was at one time a
prisoner in a Siberian labor
camp.
He said he was not sure of
the extent of Mr. Fab-
rikant's involvement in the
Jewish community but saki,
he believed he was "more
Russian than Jewish."
The handwriting had
evidently been on the wali
for some time, and observers
said the shootings might
have been prevented had
Mr. Fabrikant's actions been
taken more seriously.
Apparently he had bom-
barded the university's corn,
puter network with
"hundreds of pages" of
Observers said the
shootings might
have been
prevented had Mr.,, _
Fabrikant's actions
been taken more
seriously.
allegations against col-
leagues and officials, right
up to the rector's office.
His wife, Maya, who im-
-migrated to Canada with he
husband, said Mr. Fabrikant
had been' depressed an
quiet recently, "but I didn't
think this would happen"
She described her husband
as a devoted family man.
The couple have a 10-year
old son and an 8- year-old
daughter.
About three weeks ago,
Mr. Fabrikant asked
department secretary to sign
a character reference to be
appended to his application
for a handgun. She refused
but a neighbor at his Cote
St. Luc apartment building
complied. There is a waiting,
period of about a week in
Canada for purchase of a
gun.
But the most chilling
signal of the impending
tragedy was a message Mr.
Fabrikant left on the elec
tronic mail system Aug. 19.
"You may be assured of one
thing," he wrote. "There
will be no surrender, no
matter what."