Norwegian teen sentenced to 20 years in prison for plotting murder in #UK for #Iran-linked gang - Johannes Kongsnes Natland, 19, was found guilty of conspiracy to murder for agreeing to shoot an unknown target for 25,000 euros ($28,000) - Judge: “Although the fact that no one was shot dead or physically harmed is important, I am sure had the intervention of the police not prevented the plan from proceeding, you would have done what you had agreed to.” - Natland was hired by a 17-year-old known as “Generalen.” - A court in #Norway last year convicted the teenager of attempting to “contribute to murder” and sentenced him to 14 years in custody. - A 16-year-old is awaiting trial in Norway for his role in the conspiracy. - My two cents: - Teenagers are not a side issue here. They are central to how the Foxtrot Network operates. - The repeated involvement of 16-, 17-, and 19-year-olds is not coincidence or isolated radicalization. It is the operating model of a network that deliberately turns vulnerable teenagers into low-level enforcers for both criminal and, in some cases, geopolitically useful violence. - The sentencing of Natland and the Norwegian cases against “Generalen” and others highlight how this pipeline is being disrupted, but also how deeply it has already reached into #Scandinavian youth. counterterrorism.police.uk/n…

Suspected Albanian left-wing extremist Rexhino (Gino) Abazaj (34) taken into custody in #Germany for attacks on neo-Nazis in #Hungary. - According to the Federal Prosecutor's Office in Karlsruhe, the national of #Albania is alleged to have been a member of the so-called “#Hammerbande” (Hammer Gang / #Antifa-Ost), a left-extremist group formed around 2017–2018 that is accused of carrying out violent attacks on right-wing extremists in Budapest and Germany. - He is said to have joined the group in February 2023. In Budapest, around the annual right-wing “Day of Honour” (Tag der Ehre) event that draws extremists from across Europe, he is accused of participating in two attacks. - 7 other alleged members of the same group have been on trial in #Dresden since November 2025 over similar suspected attacks on neo-Nazis or people they believed to be such. - The “Hammerbande” attacks in Budapest in February 2023 involved multiple incidents targeting people the group identified as right-wing extremists. - Several other suspects have faced proceedings in Germany or elsewhere; some surrendered to German authorities to avoid extradition to Hungary. generalbundesanwalt.de/Share…