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By Al Jazeera
Sep 24, 2024

Switzerland opens probe into use of suicide booth

Police have detained several people over the death of a woman in Sarco suicide capsule.

Swiss police have launched an investigation after a woman died in a “suicide pod”.

Several people have been taken into custody and face criminal charges, the authorities announced on Tuesday. The action came after police learned that the Sarco suicide capsule had been used in a forest area the previous day.

Those detained are suspected of “inducement and aiding and abetting suicide,” regional police said in a statement.

The Last Resort, an assisted dying group, told AFP news agency that the person who died in the booth was a 64-year-old woman from the United States. She has not been named.