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Cho Diagnosed as Autistic, Say Relatives

Posted Apr 20, 07 8:57 AM CDT in US,  World 

(Newser) – Virginia Tech assassin Cho Seung-Hui's relatives in Seoul, tracked down by the  London Mirror, report that Cho had been diagnosed as autistic after arriving in the U.S. His grandfather's sister, Kim Yang-Sun, said Cho caused his mother "a lot of problems"  as a child and "never showed any feelings or emotions." 

An uncle, Chan Kim, elaborated: "Both his parents knew he had mental problems but they were poor and they couldn't send him to a special hospital." The killer's grandfather wasted little sympathy on him, telling the Mirror : "Son of a bitch. It serves him right he died with his victims."
Source: Daily Mirror (UK)

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Cho's great aunt Kim Yang-Sun   (The Mirror (UK))
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