May 20, 2024
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Warmbier sustained “severe neurological injury” in North Korea

Assessment contradicts North Korean account of events leading to Warmbier's coma

Otto Warmbier, a U.S. citizen released from North Korea on Tuesday, is in a coma after sustaining a “severe neurological injury" in the country, a spokesperson from the University of Cincinnati Medical Center told U.S. media on Thursday.

Spokesperson Kelly Martin was quoted as saying that Warmbier suffered the“severe neurological injury" but is in a stable condition, according to the Associated Press and CNN.

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