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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Swiss authorities release right-to-die activist after ruling out homicide in 'suicide capsule' case

Switzerland Suicide Capsule - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Swiss prosecutors said a right-to-die activist was released Monday after more than two months in police custody over the reported first use of a so-called “suicide capsule,” after they ruled out the possibility of an intentional homicide.

Florian Willet, head of advocacy group The Last Resort, was released by authorities in the northern Schaffhausen region, where a 64-year-old U.S. woman in late September was said to be the first user of the Sarco suicide capsule, a sealed chamber that releases gas at the press of a button.

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