Srinagar, June 24 -- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said there was "no local involvement" in the Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed, asserting that all the assailants were foreign nationals.
Omar said this two days after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) made its first major breakthrough in the case by arresting two local residents - Parvaiz Ahmad Jothar and Bashir Ahmad Jothar - for allegedly harbouring the terrorists responsible for the April 22 attack, which also left 16 tourists grievously injured.
NIA on Sunday said the two accused have disclosed the identities of the three armed terrorists involved in the attack, and have also confirmed that they were Pakistani nationals affiliated...