Swiss police have arrested several people after an American woman died using the device.
Swiss police have announced several prison closures on the third day after the controversial Sarco case, dubbed the “suicide capsule,” was used to end the life of a North American woman after the first documented use of the device.
Sarco, short for Sarcophagus, is a 3D-printed capsule designed to be operated by a person who can enter the caixão-shaped box, deitar-se and apertar un botão. The device quickly reduced the level of oxygen and nitrogen being pumped in, causing the user to die from hypoxia.
According to a statement published by the Schaffhausen police department, the capsule was illegally placed in the forest of the municipality of Merichshausen during the second fair. The promoters will open criminal proceedings against several suspects. “Incitement, assistance, encouragement or suicide.”
A spokesman for the Last Resort group, which is behind the capsule, said the device was used on a 64-year-old American woman with a severely weakened immune system. It is believed the woman received a recording of her wish to die and underwent a psychiatric evaluation before taking her own life.
The spokesperson also said that four people had been assigned since the capsule was implanted – company co-chair Florian Willet, along with a Dutch worker and two Swiss nationals. It was confirmed that Willet was the only person present when the woman ended her life.
In the official statement for The Last Resort, Willett reveals the death of the American. “Peaceful, fast and generous.”
Sarco inventor Philip Nitschke, who watched the death of a woman in Germany on a surveillance camera, told Dutch media that the operation “Korean Beam”, Add iso “It looked exactly as we expected.”
“When Sarco entered, she immediately opened the button. She didn’t say anything. “She really wanted to die.” Des is an Australian suicide activist and president of the pro-euthanasia group Exit International.
Switzerland is one of the few countries in the world where medically assisted suicide is legal, but only under specific circumstances. In July, the Swiss government explicitly banned the use of the Sarco capsule, claiming there was no confidential information about the method used. Promoters will alert Exit Switzerland that a used device could lead to this “serious legal consequences” It leads to prison sentences of up to five years.
