Returning jihadists to Europe may have orders to attack

BRUSSELS: Around a third of the estimated 5,000 European jihadists who went to Syria and Iraq have returned to Europe, and some may have orders to attack, a European Union report warned on Wednesday.

Up to 2,500 fighters from Europe remained on the battlefield but their massive return in the short term seemed unlikely, according to the report seen by Agence France-Presse.