Ex-North Korea detainee Otto Warmbier has ‘severe neurological injury’
Former North Korea detainee and US college student Otto Warmbier is in stable condition but has suffered a «severe neurological injury, » a University of Cincinnati Medical Center spokeswoman said Thursday.
North Korea has broken its silence on the release of American detainee Otto Warmbier.
The 22-year-old University of Virginia student, who is currently in a coma, was freed for humanitarian reasons, according to a one-line report from a North Korean news agency Thursday.
Warmbier was freed earlier this week after being jailed for more than 17 months.
He was found guilty of committing a «hostile act» against North Korea in March 2016 and sentenced to 15 years of hard labor.
That was the last time Warmbier was seen publicly — and about the same time he fell into a coma, his parents say they were told. A source close to the family said Warmbier contracted botulism last year.
