On 23 September 2024, the controversial “Sarco” suicide capsule was used for the first time in the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen. One person died after using the device. Following the death, Schaffhausen police arrested several people,

Criminal proceedings have been launched against “several people for incitement and aiding and abetting suicide,” police said.

Police in northern Switzerland have detained several people after the suspected death of a 64-year-old American woman using a “suicide capsule,” authorities announced on Tuesday. The woman, reportedly from the U.