Nearly a thousand people, including members of a banned Christian group, have been arrested in China for allegedly spreading end of the world rumours, a state-owned newspaper is reporting.

More than 400 members of the "Almighty God," were detained in the northwest province of Qinghai, the China Daily said on Thursday. Another 350 people were also arrested in the southwestern province of Guizhou.

Al Jazeera's Omar Saleh reports.