Advocacy Groups Suspend Use of ‘Suicide Capsule’ Pending Swiss Criminal Probe of Woman’s Death

Advocacy Groups Suspend Use of ‘Suicide Capsule’ Pending Swiss Criminal Probe of Woman’s Death
A "suicide pod" known as "The Sarco" in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on July 8, 2024. Ahmad Seir/AP Photo
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Advocacy groups behind a so-called suicide capsule said Sunday they have suspended the process of taking applications to use it—which numbered over 370 last month—as a criminal investigation into its first use in Switzerland is completed.

The president of Switzerland-based The Last Resort, Florian Willet, is being held in pretrial detention, said the group and Exit International, an affiliate founded in Australia over a quarter century ago.