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Swiss 'race' attack stuns Brazil Swiss 'race' attack stuns Brazil
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Brazil has called in the Swiss envoy to discuss an alleged skinhead attack near Zurich on a pregnant Brazilian woman that caused her to miscarry twins.Brazil has called in the Swiss envoy to discuss an alleged skinhead attack near Zurich on a pregnant Brazilian woman that caused her to miscarry twins.
Three skinheads are reported to have attacked Paula Oliveira, aged 26, on Monday, leaving her badly scarred.Three skinheads are reported to have attacked Paula Oliveira, aged 26, on Monday, leaving her badly scarred.
Ms Oliveira received some 100 razor cuts, and the initials of the right-wing Swiss People's Party were also carved into her body. Ms Oliveira received some 100 razor cuts, and the initials of the right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP) were also carved into her body.
Ms Oliveira's family says the assault was racially-motivated.Ms Oliveira's family says the assault was racially-motivated.
It says she had been speaking Portuguese outside a Zurich train station shortly before the attack.It says she had been speaking Portuguese outside a Zurich train station shortly before the attack.
"What they did to my daughter is like a horror movie," Ms Oliveira's father, Paulo, told Brazil's Globo TV."What they did to my daughter is like a horror movie," Ms Oliveira's father, Paulo, told Brazil's Globo TV.
Ms Oliveira was working as a lawyer for a big European company in Switzerland. The attack has caused shock in Brazil where it has been widely reported along with graphic images of the scars inflicted on Ms Oliveira, the BBC's Gary Duffy in Sao Paulo reports.
No-one has been arrested in connection with the attack. Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim has described the assault as "grave" and "shocking".
Plea for patience
The facts surrounding the attack remain unclear but police in Zurich say a man called them on Monday evening to report that a woman in a train station needed help.
The assault is said to have continued for about 10 minutes. Ms Oliveira told police that she had suffered a miscarriage shortly afterwards in a toilet near the train station.
Ms Oliveira was working as a lawyer for a big European company in Switzerland. She is said to have been living legally in the country for almost two years.
No-one has been arrested in connection with the attack. Swiss police have asked for patience while the investigation is continuing.
A lawmaker from the Swiss People's Party condemned the attack.A lawmaker from the Swiss People's Party condemned the attack.
"If that really was someone from our party, we wouldn't hesitate for a second. That person would be immediately kicked out," Oskar Freysinger told the Associated Press news agency."If that really was someone from our party, we wouldn't hesitate for a second. That person would be immediately kicked out," Oskar Freysinger told the Associated Press news agency.