An American student imprisoned in the DPRK 17 months ago was released this week on “humanitarian grounds,” KCNA news agency said.
"Under a decision by the DPRK Central Court of June 13, American citizen Otto Warmbier, who was serving a sentence of labor, was returned on June 13 on humanitarian grounds," said Reuters, citing a KCNA's report.
22-year-old Warmbier from Virginia University was detained in January last year and sentenced to 15 years hard labor after attempting to steal a political poster from the Pyongyang hotel he was staying in.
DPRK officials said Warmbier contracted botulism shortly after his sentence began and he slipped into a coma.
Warmbier was flown back to the United States on Wednesday.
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