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Otto Warmbier, the American student held in captivity in North Korea for more than 15 months, has died a week after returning home. Announcing his death, Warmbier’s family said in a statement that he received awful torturous mistreatment at the hands of the North Koreans.
Warmbier was serving 15 years hard labour, accused of attempting to steal a propaganda sign from a hotel. The 22-year-old was medically evacuated to the United States on Tuesday last week, suffering from severe brain damage.
Warmbier was on a tourist trip when he was arrested and sentenced in March last year. US President Donald Trump has denounced Pyongyang as a brutal regime.
Offering his condolence to the Warmbier family, Mr Trump said, US once again condemns the brutality of the North Korean regime as the country mourn its latest victim.