(MENAFN) A third of the estimated 5,000 European citizens who went to Syria and Iraq have returned, and some may have orders to attack, an EU report warned Wednesday.
In detail, up to 2,500 fighters from Europe remained on the battlefield but their return in the short term seemed unlikely, according to the report seen by AFP.
The report said between 15 to 20 percent of the Europeans had been killed on the battlefield, about 30 to 35 percent have returned and 50 percent remain in theatre, which amounted to between 2,000 and 2,500 Europeans.
As many as 1,750 may have returned, based on the percentages listed in the report which EU counter-terrorism coordinator Gilles de Kerchove will present to EU interior ministers on Friday.
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