US Student Otto Warmbier died after a week returning home from North Korea

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Otto Warmbier, 22, was serving 15 years hard labour, accused of attempting to steal a propaganda sign from a hotel.

He was returned to the US last Tuesday, with North Korea saying it was on humanitarian grounds.

North Korea said he had been in a coma for a year after contracting botulism but his family said he was subjected to "awful torturous mistreatment".

team of US doctors also disputed north Korea's version of events.

Mr Warmbier had suffered severe brain damage, and was medically evacuated from North Korea on June 13 to a hospital in his home city of Cincinnati, Ohio. but it is not clear that he fell ill.

A statement from the family on Monday said,"It is our said duty to report that our son,Otto Warmbier, has completed his journey home. Surrounded by his loving family, Otto died today at 2.20 pm."

They said that the student had been "unable to speak, unable to see and unable to react to verbal commands."

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