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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Ap Correspondent

Creator of ‘suicide capsule’ rejects allegation that first user may have been strangled

Philip Nitschke, front, stands next to a ‘suicide pod’ known as ‘The Sarco’ in Rotterdam - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The man behind a “suicide capsule” says he rejects allegations that the U.S. woman who was said to be its first user may have actually been strangled.

Philip Nitschke of advocacy group Exit International said he wasn’t on hand for the woman’s death on September 23 involving the “Sarco” capsule in a forest in northern Switzerland, but saw it live by video transmission.

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