Arrests made over unauthorised use of suicide capsule in Switzerland

Swiss police have arrested several individuals over the use of the Sarco capsule for committing assisted suicide in a forest hut. The controversial Sarco assisted suicide capsule was used for the first time in a forest hut in Merishausen in canton Schaffhausen that borders Germany. One person took his own life and the Schaffhausen police have arrested several individuals. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The public prosecutor's office of the canton of Schaffhausen has opened criminal proceedings against these suspects for incitement and assistance to suicide, the cantonal police said on Tuesday. On Monday, a lawyer informed the prosecutor that the Sarco capsule had been used in a forest hut in the municipality of Merishausen. Police officers dispatched to the scene seized the capsule. The body of the deceased was taken to the Forensic Institute in Zurich for an autopsy. This summer, the public prosecutors' offices of several cantons, including ...