By Neville Lazarus, Asia Reporter
People at a mosque in Pakistan stopped a would-be suicide bomber by holding him down to prevent him detonating his device.
Witnesses say at least six militants jumped over the wall of the mosque in the city of Peshawar and began their assault as Friday prayers came to an end.
Worshippers managed to stop one, who was killed in the fight, but two of the attackers are reported to have set off their bomb vests, killing 19 people.
Police spokesman Nasir Durrani said: "People here showed great courage. They grabbed one of the attackers from his neck, and he couldn't detonate his explosives, and he was shot and killed."
In addition to the 19 deaths, more than 40 people were injured.
The Pakistan Taliban has issued a statement claiming it carried out the attack.
A spokesman for the militant group said it was in revenge for the execution of one of its members by Pakistan's government.
Officials say they had no warning that the mosque was to be targeted.
Police spokesman Nazim Khan Durrani told reporters: "We had no specific intelligence of an attack but since we are at war with terrorists all sensitive institutions and installations have been put on alert."
It is the second attack on a Shia mosque in the last fortnight. Some 60 people were killed on 31 January in a bomb attack in Shikarpur, in Sindh province.
And the Pakistan Taliban attacked Peshawar's Army School in December, killing 145 people 132 of them school children.
Taliban members said they wanted the military to feel pain for operations conducted in the tribal regions.
The December attack prompted Pakistan to re-instate the death penalty.
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