The use of ‘suicide pods’ or ‘suicide capsules’ in Switzerland has been suspended after a criminal investigation was launched over the death of a US woman.

Advocacy groups behind a "suicide capsule" said they have suspended applications to use it until Swiss authorities complete a criminal probe into the death from its first use.

Berne: Weeks after an unidentified 64-year-old woman from the US Midwest died using the suicide capsule 'Sarco,' advocacy groups announced the suspension of applications for its use—previously exceeding 370 last month—pending the completion of a criminal investigation into its initial deployment in Switzerland.