Campaign groups behind the controversial suicide capsule known as the “Sarco” announced on Sunday that they have suspended the application process for those requesting to use it. Sarco had garnered over 370 requests as of last month. The decision follows the ongoing criminal investigation into the device’s first use, which has ignited a great deal...
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Advocacy groups suspend use of ‘suicide capsule’ pending Swiss criminal probe into its first use
Advocacy groups behind a so-called suicide capsule said Sunday they have suspended the process of taking applications to use it — which numbered over 370 last month — as a criminal investigation into its first use in Switzerland is completed. Advocacy groups suspend use of ‘suicide capsule’ pending Swiss criminal probe into its first use...
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US woman uses suicide pod for first time ever; everything you need to know about the procedure
Trigger Warning: This story contains sensitive content; mentions of suicide The ‘suicide pod’ from Switzerland In a recent event, a 64-year-old woman from the U.S. has become the first individual to utilise a ‘suicide pod’ in Switzerland, raising significant ethical discussions. Following this incident, authorities detained several people on charges related to encouraging and facilitating...
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First-time use of controversial Swiss suicide capsule leads to multiple arrests
Swiss police make arrests after suicide capsule is used for first time Swiss police have arrested several people after a controversial futuristic-looking capsule designed to allow its occupant to commit suicide was used for the first time. FMM – F24 Video Clips ZURICH − Swiss police have arrested several people after a controversial futuristic-looking capsule...
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US woman meant to be first to use ‘suicide pod’ accused company of trying to get her life savings: report
An American woman who was meant to be the first person to use the controversial new Sarco “suicide pod” in Switzerland backed out while accusing the company behind it of being “heartless” in exploiting her for publicity and trying to get her life savings, according to a report. The 55-year-old, identified under the alias Jessica Campbell,...
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Sarco ‘suicide pod’ gave chilling command before American woman took her own life
The American woman who became the first person to take her own life in the new “suicide pod” in Switzerland was given a chilling command by the morbid machine before she took her last breaths. After entering the Sarco suicide pod on Monday, the machine allegedly asked the 64-year-old woman, who has not been publicly...
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‘Immune-compromised’ woman, 64, uses ‘suicide pod’ dubbed ‘the Tesla of euthanasia’ to end her life — several arrested
A 64-year-old US woman this week became the first person to use a “suicide pod” to end her life — and several people have been detained in Switzerland over the death. The woman, a Midwesterner who was not named publicly, died Monday afternoon in the portable, 3D-printed chamber called a Sarco, short for “sarcophagus” —...
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Swiss police detain several people after Sarco ‘suicide pod’ used
Several people have been taken into police custody in Switzerland after the Sarco suicide pod was used in the northern Schaffhausen canton on Monday, local time. It is the first time a person has died by suicide in the capsule which releases nitrogen gas into the sealed chamber to end a person’s life within minutes....
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Swiss police investigate suspected first use of controversial ‘suicide capsule’
Police in northern Switzerland said on Tuesday that several people have been detained, and a criminal case opened in connection with the suspected death of a person in a new “suicide capsule.” The “Sarco” capsule, which has never been used before, is designed to allow the person sitting in a reclining seat inside to push...
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Controversial suicide pod dubbed the ‘Tesla of euthanasia’ to be used for the first time
A suicide pod dubbed the “Tesla of euthanasia” will be used for the first time next week. Sarco, a 3D-printed capsule, was unveiled at the Venice Design Festival in 2019 and reportedly offers a painless death within 10 minutes of entering with the push of a button, reported Metro. It works by flooding the chamber...
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First suicide pod to be used ‘soon’ in Switzerland, assisted dying group says
An assisted dying group expects a new portable suicide pod to be used for the first time in Switzerland, potentially within months, to provide death without medical supervision, they said on Wednesday. The space-age looking Sarco capsule first unveiled in 2019 replaces the oxygen inside of it with nitrogen, causing death by hypoxia. The recently...