State Department officials attended the funeral of Otto Warmbier, the American student who died earlier this week after being held in North Korea for 17 months.

State Department officials at the funeral included Joseph Yun, the State Department's special representative for North Korea, and Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan, ABC News reported.

Hundreds of people lined up for the service in Ohio, which was open to the public but closed to the press, according to ABC.

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Warmbier died Monday after being released last week from North Korea, where he had been held for about 17 months.

“It is our sad duty to report that our son, Otto Warmbier, has completed his journey home. Surrounded by his loving family, Otto died at 2:20pm,” Warmbier’s parents said in a statement Monday, according to an Ohio-based paper.

North Korea's high court had sentenced Warmbier, a student at the University of Virginia, to 15 years in prison with hard labor after he allegedly tried to steal a political poster.

Warmbier's parents said their son had been in a coma for more than a year before he was medically evacauted from North Korea.

Earlier this week, President Trump said China has tried to help the United States solve increasing tensions with North Korea, but "it has not worked out."

White House press secretary Sean Spicer did not have a specific answer when asked at Tuesday's press briefing how the administration would respond to Warmbier's death.