North Korea was quick to strike back at assertions it tortured imprisoned U. S. student Otto Warmbier during his imprisonment on the peninsula.<\/b>
\nNorth Korea was quick to strike back at assertions that it tortured imprisoned U. S. student Otto Warmbier, reports the Associated Press .
\u201cThe fact that the U. S. is employing even a dead person for the conspiracy campaign to fuel the international atmosphere of putting pressure on (North Korea) shows how vile and inveterate the hostility of the U. S. policy-makers towards (North Korea) is,“ a state-run newspaper quoted an unidentified North Korean official.
A statement released by the nation\u2019s foreign ministry reads, in part, \u201cTrump and his clique, for their anti-DPRK propaganda, are again exploiting the death of Otto Warmbier, an American college student who had been under reform through labour for the criminal act he committed against the (Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea) DPRK and died after returning to the US.“
Those statements follow comments made by both Otto Warmbier\u2019s parents and President Trump.
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In a Tuesday morning interview with \u2018Fox & Friends,\u2019 the Warmbiers said their son was returned with horrifying bodily damage, including bottom teeth that looked like they\u2019d been rearranged by \u201ca pair of pliers.\u201d
\u201cThey kidnapped Otto, they tortured him, [and] they intentionally injured him. They are not victims; they are terrorists,“ Fred Warmbier, Otto\u2019s father, asserted.
Soon after, Trump tweeted, \u201cGreat interview on @foxandfriends with the parents of Otto Warmbier: 1994 \u2013 2017. Otto was tortured beyond belief by North Korea.“
However, coroner Dr. Lakshmi Sammarco \u201cwho examined Warmbier\u2019s body after his death in June, said there was no clear evidence of physical torture \u2013 including no recently broken bones or damaged teeth,\u201d reports the Guardian.
Sammarco did state that Otto\u2019s condition stemmed from, \u201can unknown insult (injury) more than a year prior to death.\u201d
NPR reports, North Korea sentenced him to 15 years of imprisonment and hard labor in March of 2016 after he was \u201caccused of trying to steal a propaganda poster.\u201d<\/p>\n

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