Criminal case opened after Sarco capsule – which releases nitrogen gas at the touch of a button – used in Merishausen
Police in Schaffhausen said prosecutors were told that an assisted suicide involving use of the Sarco capsule had taken place near a forest cabin in Merishausen.Police in Schaffhausen said prosecutors were told that an assisted suicide involving use of the Sarco capsule had taken place near a forest cabin in Merishausen.say several people have been detained and a criminal case opened in connection with the suspected death of a person in a new “suicide capsule”.
Prosecutors in Schaffhausen canton were informed by a law firm that an assisted suicide involving use of the Sarco capsule had taken place on Monday near a forest cabin in Merishausen, police said in a statement. The Dutch newspaper Volkskrant reported on Tuesday that police had detained one of its photographers who wanted to take pictures of the use of the capsule. It said Schaffhausen police indicated the photographer was being held at a police station but gave no further explanation.Exit International, an assisted suicide group based in the Netherlands, has said it is behind the 3D-printed device that cost more than $1m to develop.
Dr Philip Nitschke, an Australian doctor who was behind Exit International, has told AP that his organisation had received advice from lawyers in Switzerland that use of the Sarco would be legal in the country.
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