Germany to deport 9/11 suspect and friend

Germany wants to deport a suspected plotter of the September 11th attacks and a fellow Moroccan.

Germany wants to deport a suspected plotter of the September 11th attacks and a fellow Moroccan.

"We served the deportation notice on them yesterday," said Mr Marco Haase, spokesman for Hamburg's Interior Ministry, adding that the two men, Mr Mounir El Motassadeq and Abdelghani Mzoudi, would be deported to Morocco.

Authorities sees the pair as dangerous supporters of international terrorism, the northern state of Hamburg said today.