Dancer confesses to acid attack on Bolshoi chief

A leading Bolshoi Ballet soloist has confessed to his involvement in the acid attack on the artistic director of the world famous dance company Sergei Filin, Moscow police said Wednesday. One of the company's leading male dancers Pavel Dmitrichenko, the suspected mastermind of the January attack, signed a written confession along with two other suspects who were all arrested on Tuesday. "The motive of the crime was the hostile personal relationship Pavel Dmitrichenko had with Sergei Filin, which was linked to their work," police said in a statement. Police gave no details on his motives but the Moskovsky Komsomolets daily said that Dmitrichenko was aggrieved that his girlfriend, the ballerina Anzhelina Vorontsova, was being passed over by Filin for major roles. The police said Dmitrichenko was the mastermind of the attack, accomplice Yury Zarutsky the assailant who flung acid into Filin's face and Andrei Lipatov the driver at the scene.