Narsaq massacre

Narsaq massacre
Narsaq is located in Greenland
Narsaq
Narsaq
LocationNarsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
Coordinates60°54′44″N 46°2′55″W / 60.91222°N 46.04861°W / 60.91222; -46.04861
Date1 January 1990 (1990-01-01)
Attack type
Mass shooting, mass murder
WeaponsRemington Model 552
Deaths7
Injured1
PerpetratorAbel Mikaelsen Klemmensen

The Narsaq massacre was a mass shooting on 1 January 1990 in Narsaq, a southern Greenland town in the municipality of Kujalleq, 250 miles (400 km) south of the island's capital of Nuuk. Seven people were killed and one critically wounded during a party in the worst mass shooting in Greenland's history.[1]

  1. ^ "WORLD : 7 Die in Greenland's Bloodiest Mass Shooting; Suspect Held". Los Angeles Times. 2 January 1990. Retrieved 20 February 2017.