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Young guns for hire - the teenage hitmen recruited to kill across Europe

The Foxtrot Network is thought to be responsible for about 35 murders in Europe, and uses violence-as-a-service tactics.

BBC World Aug 1, 2026, 11:03 PM Captured Aug 1, 2026, 11:57 PM

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Atilla Azimov posing with a gun three months before he killed Murad Abdelkader

In a Stockholm suburb a man dressed in black appeared out of the winter night.

Carrying a handgun, he approached 20-year-old Murad Abdelkader, a student on his way back from a shift at McDonald's.

The gunman opened fire, shooting again and again as he approached his target.

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Origin wording grade

B 16/100 risk

Grade B reflects 16/100 framing risk from decision pressure, sweeping generalization; each finding below is tied to stored wording.

Report confidence: 86%
Content format: straight news
Evidence findings: 2
Sentences checked: 62
Method: origin-framing-v2

Outlet context is separate center (0, 60% confidence). This profile does not change the article grade.

Evidence behind the grade

Decision pressurebody

+12 · 82% confidence

The gang recruits teenagers to carry out the attacks for cash, but it almost never has to pay out as they often get caught.

The wording urges a conclusion or action rather than only describing the reported facts.

Sweeping generalizationbody

+4 · 78% confidence

The gang recruits teenagers to carry out the attacks for cash, but it almost never has to pay out as they often get caught.

The wording makes a broad claim that may exceed the evidence described in the sentence.

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According to Operational Taskforce (OTF) GRIMM, the Europol group set up to tackle the problem, the teenage hitmen are recruited on social media, and are given their instructions in a "gamified" way, imitating how computer games work.

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