MOSCOW, March 6 (UPI) — Bolshoi Theater dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko and two other men admitted to their roles in the acid attack on the theater’s artistic director, Moscow police say.
Police say a ballet star at the Bolshoi Theater has confessed to being the mastermind behind an attack on the theater’s ballet chief.
Moscow police said in a statement on Wednesday that Pavel Dmitrichenko, who has been suspected of planning the attack, has confessed.
Sergei Filin, the artistic director of the Bolshoi ballet, suffered severe burns to his eyes and face on Jan. 17 when an attacker threw a jar of sulfuric acid in his face as Filin returned home late at night. The 42-year-old former dancer is undergoing treatment in Germany.
Along with Dmitrichenko, police detained another man who confessed to perpetrating the attack.
Dmitrichenko has danced several major parts in recent years, including Ivan the Terrible in the ballet of the same name.
By Rob Quinn 
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Russian police say they have detained three men, including a star dancer, in the January acid attack on the artistic director of the Bolshoi ballet.
Sergei Filin was left with severe burns to his eyes and face when an unidentified attacker threw a jar of sulfuric acid in his face as he was returning home late on Jan. 17. The 42-year-old former dancer is now undergoing treatment in Germany.
Interior Ministry spokesman Anatoly Lastovetsky said Bolshoi soloist Pavel Dmitrichenko was among those arrested on Tuesday.
The two others are the suspected perpetrator of the attack and the man suspected of driving him to and from the scene.
It was not immediately clear what role the dancer is suspected of playing in the attack.