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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Alex Croft

Euthanasia activist who was arrested over suicide pod death ‘takes his own life’

Florian Willet was a right-to-die activist and head of the group Last Resort - (AFP/Getty)

A right-to-die activist who was arrested over the first reported use of a “suicide pod” has died by assisted suicide, according to the device’s inventor.

Dr Florian Willet, 47, was arrested last year in connection with the death of a 64-year-old woman. Investigators had detained him on suspicion of “inciting and abetting suicide” and a “strong suspicion of the commission of an intentional homicide”.

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