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Police detain suspect in ballet director acid attack
Moscow police on Tuesday detained a suspect who allegedly splashed acid in the face of the artistic director of the Bolshoi ballet in an attack that shocked the world artistic community and left the troupe in crisis. The 42-year-old Sergei Filin was struck with sulphuric acid by a masked assailant…
Bolshoi ballet chief hit by acid attack
The head of Russia’s Bolshoi ballet Sergei Filin was Friday hospitalised with severe burns after a masked assailant threw acid on his face, in an attack the theatre linked to internal conflicts. Filin, a former acclaimed dancer who was appointed to his post in 2011, suffered injuries to the face,…
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