Insurgents have launched a total of 65 bomb attacks in Thailand's restive deep south over the past six months, said a security report submitted to Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

The report identified 65 bombs of all kinds planted in the past six months, saying that only 12 were defused by the authorities, newspaper Nation on Tuesday quoted anonymous Government House source as saying.

About one third of the bombs were planted along the southern railway and 35 others near the railway, while the rest were planted elsewhere, said the report produced by the Southern Border Provinces Peace-building Command (SBPPC).

The report presented to Thaksin on Monday suggested parts of the bombs were assembled and smuggled across the border from Malaysia, noting that assailants now tended to detonate multiple bombs to cause larger damage.

BRN Coordinate, a separatist group set up in the 1960s, was still believed to be the leading organization behind the bomb attacks.

SBPPC believed BRN strategy commanders sought cooperation or support from national and local politicians and various interest groups in their areas.

Source: Xinhua