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Netherlands: arrest of man accused of unlawful assistance in suicide

2021-07-23T17:31:46.148Z


The Dutch public prosecutor's office is investigating a man suspected of unlawful assistance in suicide, after the death of at least six people to whom he is ...


The Dutch public prosecutor's office is investigating a man suspected of unlawful assistance in suicide after the death of at least six people to whom he is accused of having provided a lethal product, AFP learned on Friday (July 23) from a judicial source.

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The 28-year-old suspect, from Eindhoven (south), was arrested on Tuesday and has been in detention since. He is suspected of unlawful assistance in suicide, of having broken Dutch laws relating to the practice of medicine, and of money laundering.

The case came to light after the deaths of several people. They died after taking a deadly substance that would have been provided by the suspect,

”said the prosecution. During their investigation, prosecutors found that "

it happened to at least six people who died

." The suspect apparently sold the product between November 2018 and June 2021, "

and was living on the money from the sales,

" they said. The first case that caught the attention of investigators and that of a woman who died in Best, near Eindhoven in May.

Euthanasia has been legal in the Netherlands since 2002, but it is very strictly regulated. The patient must be lucid when making the request and must experience excruciating suffering because of a disease deemed incurable by at least two doctors.

Source: lefigaro

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