American Student held by North Korea dies Adjust content blocking bionicpanda Channel: politics prev next random Comment PrevTop NextComment Otto Warmbier, the American college student who spent 17 months in detention in North Korea, died Monday afternoon in Cincinnati, Ohio, his family said in a statement. "It is our sad duty to report that our son, Otto Warmbier, has completed his journey home. Surrounded by his loving family, Otto died today at 2:20 p.m.," the statement said. The 22-year-old returned to the United States last week. Warmbier did not talk, move in any purposeful way or respond to verbal communication. In a news conference last Thursday, doctors called his condition "unresponsive wakefulness," and revealed he had suffered significant brain damage during his imprisonment. The North Korean government said botulism is to blame for Warmbier's condition, but US doctors said they found no evidence of the illness. Doctors say the reason for the severe brain damage could be from anything, from shock from hard labor sentence to severe beatings. Either way the North Korean government is to blame. prev next Otto Warmsies, American student detained in North Korea for 17 months, dies ... +1149 Views: 51794 Submitted: 06/19/2017 Facebook Twitter Google+ Tumblr Pinterest
