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Advocacy groups suspend use of ‘suicide capsule’ pending Swiss criminal probe into its first use

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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4 Arrested After ‘Suicide Pod’ Is Used For First Time In Switzerland

4 Arrested After ‘Suicide Pod’ Is Used For First Time In Switzerland

Zurich: 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, authorities said on Tuesday. Police in the northern canton of Schaffhausen bordering Germany said the so-called “Sarco” capsule had been deployed in a wood in the municipality of Merishausen...