Lead Bolshoi dancer confesses to acid attack

Star ballet dancer at the Bolshoi confesses to the January acid attack on the theaters director.

Police in Russia say three men arrested on Tuesday in connection with an acid attack on the Bolshoi ballet’s artistic director, Sergei Filin, have confessed to the crime.

A leading dancer from the troupe has admitted he was the mastermind behind the incident.

Al Jazeera’s Robin Forestier-Walker reports from Moscow.

Source: Al Jazeera

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