Seven people were killed and one critically wounded during a party in the worst mass shooting in Greenland's history.

[2] A large proportion of Greenland's population are hunters and laws restricting ownership and storage of firearms are very light compared to Denmark's.

[3] In the Inuit society, punishment for crimes traditionally was lenient, as everyone was needed to survive in the harsh, isolated environment of Greenland.

[4] In the 20th century perpetrators of even relatively serious crimes often were allowed to serve their sentence in the open or semi-open prisons and institutions in Greenland.

A team of police forensic scientists traveled to Narsaq from Copenhagen to investigate the killings, but were delayed by heavy snowfall.

[9] Klemmensen was later diagnosed as suffering from narcissistic personality disorder and was sentenced to indefinite detention at a psychiatric institution in March 1991.