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US woman dies in controversial suicide capsule in Switzerland

US woman dies in controversial suicide capsule in Switzerland

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 investigate suspected first use of controversial ‘suicide capsule’

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...