Several in Switzerland police net over suspected death in ‘suicide capsule’

GENEVA, Sep 24: Police in northern Switzerland said 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” suicide capsule, which has never been used before, is designed to allow a person inside to push a button that injects nitrogen gas into the sealed chamber. The person is then supposed to fall asleep and die by suffocation in a few minutes.
Prosecutors in Schaffhausen canton were informed by a law firm that an assisted suicide involving use of the Sarco capsule had taken place Monday near a forest cabin in Merishausen, police said in a statement.
It said “several people” were taken into custody and prosecutors opened an investigation on suspicion of incitement and accessory to suicide.
Exit International, an assisted suicide group based in the Netherlands, has said it is behind the 3D-printed device that cost over USD 1 million to develop. (PTI)