Article: Zurich police: Attacked woman wasn't pregnant

Police say the Brazilian woman who claimed to have lost her unborn twins in a Swiss skinhead attack was not pregnant.

Zurich police said in a statement Friday it was still unclear if 26-year-old Paula Oliviera's wounds were inflicted by assailants or herself.

The lawyer claims she was attacked Monday by three skinheads, one with a Nazi symbol tattooed on his forehead, outside a train station in Zurich on her way home. Pictures have shown her stomach and legs scarred with the initials of Switzerland's main right-wing party.

Brazil's Foreign Ministry and media have said she was speaking in Portuguese when accosted, raising the idea of an anti-foreigner attack.

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