A 64-year-old American woman becomes the first person to die using the controversial Sarco suicide pod in Switzerland.

The controversial “Sarco” assisted suicide capsule was used for the first time in a forest hut in Merishausen in canton Schaffhausen that borders Germany. One person took his own life and the Schaffhausen police have arrested several individuals.

Following the death of an American woman in a so-called suicide capsule in Switzerland and the arrest of several people involved in her death, a Swiss bishop said the device is "dangerous" and that people willing to use the capsule should be deferred to palliative care instead.

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.

Swiss authorities have arrested four people after a woman ended her life using a Sarco suicide pod, a first for the world. This case has put a spotlight on Switzerland’s laws on assisted dying. But what do they say?