Criminal proceedings after use of Sarco suicide capsule in Schaffhausen
Published: Tuesday, Sep 24th 2024, 12:10
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The controversial Sarco suicide capsule has been used for the first time in a forest hut in the canton of Schaffhausen. One person took his own life in it using nitrogen. The Schaffhausen police subsequently arrested several people, as they announced on Tuesday.
It was only on Monday that Health Minister Elisabeth Baume-Schneider (SP) said during question time in parliament that the Sarco suicide capsule was not legally compliant.
In the summer, the public prosecutor's offices of several cantons announced that they would initiate criminal proceedings if the capsule was used in their canton - including Schaffhausen.
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