Ballet Director Attacked with Acid in Moscow
Artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet
The artistic director of the renowned, and in recent years strife-torn, Bolshoi Ballet was returning home from a theatrical celebration with the city's glitterati when a masked man stepped out of the darkness and threw acid onto his face and eyes.
Sergei Filin, who was attacked about 11:30 p.m. Thursday, suffered third-degree burns. He underwent eye surgery Friday, according to Anatoly Iksanov, the Bolshoi's director, who said Filin would be flown to Belgium for treatment at a burn clinic.
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Obviously, all governments should ban acids, if only to save one single life.