HONG KONG: Chinese police have arrested seven people suspected of being linked to a deadly stabbing spree and explosion at a railway station in the restive Muslim-majority region of Xinjiang, state-run media said Saturday.

On April 30, the last day of a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to the region, attackers armed with knives and explosives carried out an attack at the southern railway station in Xinjiang's capital Urumqi, killing one person and wounding 79.

Two of the alleged assailants were also killed in the attack.

"Seven fleeing suspects were captured on May 14 by police in Xinjiang, and are being questioned in relation to the ongoing investigation," the Global Times daily reported in its Chinese edition Saturday.

There was no similar report in its English language edition, and no announcement by authorities confirming arrests.