Bolshoi ballet chief heads to Germany after attack

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AAA??Feb. 4, 2013?2:56 AM ET Bolshoi ballet chief heads to Germany after attack AP Artistic director of the Bolshoi ballet Sergei Filin speaks with the media as he leaves a hospital in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Feb. 4, 2013. Filin was attacked in Moscow on Thursday night, Jan. 17, 2013, by a man who splashed acid onto his face as the 43-year-old former dancer came out of his car outside his home in central Moscow. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze) Artistic director of the Bolshoi ballet Sergei Filin speaks with the media as he leaves a hospital in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Feb. 4, 2013. Filin was attacked in Moscow on Thursday night, Jan. 17, 2013, by a man who splashed acid onto his face as the 43-year-old former dancer came out of his car outside his home in central Moscow. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze) Artistic director of the Bolshoi ballet Sergei Filin, right, and his wife Maria, leave a hospital in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Feb. 4, 2013. Filin was attacked in Moscow on Thursday night, Jan. 17, 2013, by a man who splashed acid onto his face as the 43-year-old former dancer came out of his car outside his home in central Moscow. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze) Artistic director of the Bolshoi ballet Sergei Filin, right, and his wife Maria, leave a hospital in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Feb. 4, 2013. Filin was attacked in Moscow on Thursday night, Jan. 17, 2013, by a man who splashed acid onto his face as the 43-year-old former dancer came out of his car outside his home in central Moscow. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze) MOSCOW (AP) ? The artistic director of the Bolshoi ballet says he will fly to Germany to continue treatment following an acid attack that caused severe burns to his face and eyes. An unidentified attacker threw sulphuric acid in Sergei Filin's face in Moscow on Jan. 17, as he was returning home from work. Filin, who spoke Monday after checking out from a Moscow hospital where he underwent several operations, said he suspected who was behind the attack but wouldn't name any names as the probe is ongoing. He wore shades and a bandage under his chin, and said he's still seeing as if through a mist as his eye treatment is continuing. He said his wife would accompany him on a flight to Germany where he would continue recovering. Associated Press

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