A 64-year-old US woman took her own life inside a controversial suicide capsule at a Swiss woodland retreat, with police on Tuesday saying several people had been arrested. The space-age looking Sarco capsule, which fills with nitrogen and causes death by hypoxia, was used on Monday outside a village near the German border. The portable...
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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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Dying made easier? Switzerland prepares for use of portable suicide pods
Portable suicide pod Sarco Capsule (Source/Thelastresort.ch) 3 min read Last Updated : Jul 18 2024 | 1:39 PM IST A group advocating for assisted dying has announced that a portable suicide pod could be used in Switzerland for the first time within a few months, allowing individuals to end their lives without medical supervision,...
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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...
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First suicide pod use ‘soon’ in Switzerland: campaigners
An assisted dying group expects a portable suicide pod to be used for the first time in Switzerland, potentially within months, providing death without medical supervision, it said Wednesday. The space-age looking Sarco capsule, first unveiled in 2019, replaces the oxygen inside it with nitrogen, causing death by hypoxia. It would cost $20 to use....