The "Sarco" capsule, which has never been used before, is presumably designed to allow a person sitting in a reclining seat inside to push a button that injects nitrogen gas into the sealed chamber.

The final message people will hear seconds before they die inside a Sarco suicide pod has been revealed - and will leave people chilled. The Sarco pod, which takes its name from the word ...

A Sarco assisted-suicide pod has been used for the first time in Switzerland by a woman who died "under a canopy of trees" - prompting police to arrest staff. A 64-year-old American woman is ...

A Thai crocodile farmer who goes by the nickname “Crocodile X” said he killed more than 100 critically endangered reptiles to prevent them from escaping after a typhoon damaged their enclosure.

The Sarco Pod, a futuristic capsule designed for assisted suicide, has sparked a massive controversy in Switzerland, especially after a 64-year-old American woman used one recently. Despite ...

The Sarco pod, short for sarcophagus, is a controversial euthanasia device. A 64-year-old woman from the US recently died by suicide using the Sarco suicide pod at a woodland retreat in Switzerland.

The first person to use the Sarco suicide pod got into the device and 'almost immediately pressed the button' to take her own life, its creator has claimed. The capsule is designed to allow a person ...

Euthanasia campaigner Dr Florian Willet described the first death in the controversial Sarco pod on Monday as 'peaceful, fast and dignified'. Co-president of The Last Resort, the firm set up to ...

The Sarco suicide pod has been used for the first time, its creators have confirmed, with an American woman aged 64 believed to be the first person to have died in the device 'under a canopy of ...

The Sarco pod at the location where it was allegedly used by a 64-year-old American woman who "died using the Sarco device". Photo / AFP The Sarco suicide pod was used for the first time this week ...