Police in the Schaffhausen canton said the device—a human-sized pod which fills with nitrogen to cause death by hypoxia—was used at a forest hut, after which multiple arrests were made. The Last Resort,

Police in northern Switzerland say several people have been detained and a criminal case opened in connection with the suspected death of a person in a new “suicide capsule.”

Swiss police have arrested several people after a controversial futuristic-looking capsule designed to allow its occupant to commit suicide was used for the first time, authorities said on Tuesday.