Several people were arrested in Swiss after the use of a “care assistance” capsule suicide“a type of sarcophagus that allows a person to take his or her own life without the help of a doctor,” police said Tuesday.
This device is presented as a small cabin in which the person who wants to end his life must lie down and answer a series of questions to confirm that he understands what he is doing before pressing a button that releases nitrogen.
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The person loses consciousness after a few breaths and dies in a matter of minutesaccording to the association that promotes this capsule.
The prosecutor’s office of a small canton located in the north of Swissnear the border with Germanywas informed on Monday by a law firm that “a suicide assisted by the use of the capsule Sarco had taken place in the afternoon”it said in a statement.
“The cantonal prosecutor’s office Schaffhausen opened criminal proceedings against several people for incitement and attendance to the suicideand several people were arresteds,” he announced.
According to Swiss media, this is the first time that this device, called “sarco” for sarcophagus. “The capsule of suicide was confiscated and (the body of) the deceased person was transferred for an autopsy.”the cantonal police said.
In July, the promoters of this device presented it expressing their desire to make the first use in Swisswhich caused great commotion since the suicide Assisted driving is allowed in the country but under the supervision of a doctor.
However, the association announced at the end of July that the person who was to be the first to use it, an American woman in her fifties, was ruled out due to deterioration of his mental state.
On Monday the Minister of the Interior Swiss, Elisabeth Baume Schneidersaid during a question session in the Chamber of Deputies that this “capsule of suicide does not comply with the law.”
First of all, it does not comply with “product safety requirements”. In addition, the use of nitrogen within this capsule “It is not compatible” with the purpose of the law on chemicals, the minister explained.
