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Police in Switzerland made multiple arrests after someone reportedly ended their life using a so-called suicide pod, in apparently the first case of its kind.<\/p>\n

Police in the Schaffhausen region said they arrested “several persons” on suspicion of inciting, and aiding and abetting suicide after someone died reportedly by using a Sarco-made pod on Monday.<\/p>\n

While assisted dying is legally protected in some circumstances in Switzerland, the Sarco pod has encountered some opposition.<\/p>\n

Officers recovered the device and body at the scene.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The company behind the controversial pod <\/a>says it can be solely operated by the person seeking to end their own life, without medical supervision. <\/p>\n

Police said it was used Monday at a forest hut in the Merishausen area, a sparsely populated part of Switzerland on the German border.<\/p>\n

Police said they were tipped off by a law firm about a suicide involving the device. The number of people arrested and their identities were not disclosed. The deceased also was not named.<\/p>\n