Author: Associated Press in Geneva

Police in northern Switzerland have detained several individuals and opened a criminal case related to the suspected death of a person in a new “suicide capsule” called the “Sarco”. The capsule, designed for assisted suicide, allows a person inside to inject nitrogen gas into a sealed chamber, resulting in death by suffocation. Prosecutors in Schaffhausen canton were notified of an assisted suicide involving the Sarco, leading to an investigation for incitement and accessory to suicide. One of the individuals detained was a photographer from a Dutch newspaper who attempted to capture the use of the Sarco. Exit International, the group…