Teenage ‘assassin’ collected guns to look ‘cool’

A Norwegian teenage ‘assassin’ recruited to come to the UK to carry out a murder told a court he collected two firearms and ammunition because he wanted his girlfriend to think he was cool. Johannes Natland, 19, was arrested in a Huddersfield hotel with two guns and 12 bullets after being recruited by the Swedish Foxtrot Network linked to the Iranian regime. Natland came from Stavanger, Norway, which his recruiters described as a ‘warrior city’ ripe for the recruitment of…