Rabat  - Six people went missing when a German sailing boat capsized off the port of Mahdia north of the Moroccan capital Rabat in stormy weather, officials said Wednesday.

The seventh person on board, a German woman, swam ashore and was taken to hospital.

Those missing included three Germans, one of whom was a woman, a Slovenian man and an Austrian and a Danish woman.

A helicopter search for the victims was interrupted for the night and started again on Wednesday after the accident occurred on Tuesday. (dpa)