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US woman dies in suicide capsule in Switzerland

GENEVA, Switzerland — A 64-year-old American woman took her own life inside a controversial suicide capsule at a Swiss woodland retreat, with police on Tuesday saying several people had been arrested.

The space-age-looking Sarco capsule, which fills with nitrogen and causes death by hypoxia, was used outside a village near the German border on Monday.

DEATH DEVICE The Sarco pod is seen on Sept. 24, 2024, at the location where it was allegedly used by a 64-year-old American woman who died using it the day before. PHOTO FROM THE LAST RESORT VIA AFP

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