SOFIA, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Bulgaria expatriated a Moroccan citizen on Wednesday who was wanted for terrorist activity in his homeland, the interior ministry said here in a statement.

The 35-year-old Moroccan entered Bulgaria illegally and was arrested on Jan. 13 near the border with Turkey, the statement said.

He presented himself as a Syrian national but the authorities have revealed his true identity. Morocco wanted him extradited for terrorist activities and membership in the Islamic State, the statement said.

Last year, the compulsory administrative measures of "withdrawal of the right of residence", "expulsion" and "a ban for entry in the Republic of Bulgaria" were imposed on 31 people affiliated to terrorist activity. </s> BERLIN (AP) - Germany is preparing to deport a Moroccan man convicted in Hamburg of helping three of the Sept. 11 attackers as they got ready to strike New York and Washington.

Mounir el-Motassadeq was convicted in 2006 of membership in a terrorist organization and accessory to murder for his part in the plot.

The 44-year-old was sentenced to the maximum 15 years but received credit for time served after his November 2001 arrest.

Hamburg Interior Ministry spokesman Frank Reschreiter said that el-Motassadeq "will leave the country soon," but wouldn't specify exactly when he'd be returned to Morocco, saying authorities didn't want to jeopardize the procedure.

He said that "all the necessary procedural steps for this have been ticked off according to plan."

FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2007 file picture Moroccan Mounir El Motassadeq waits prior his trial at a court in Hamburg, northern Germany, The Moroccan man has been sentenced to a 15-year prison sentence in Germany for helping three of the suicide pilots in the 9/11 attacks on the U.S. (AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer, Pool)
A Moroccan national is extradited from Bulgaria to Morocco to face trial for terrorism and ISIL membership.