Cologne police chief to leave following assaults: reports
Wolfang Albers will enter early retirement, say reports.
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2016-01-08 15:52 GMT
Berlin: German media are reporting that Cologne's police chief will leave amid criticism of his force's handling of a string of New Year's Eve assaults and robberies.
News agency dpa and Cologne's Stadt-Anzeiger newspaper reported on Friday that Wolfang Albers will enter early retirement.
They cited unidentified regional government sources.
North Rhine-Westphalia state's interior minister, Ralf Jaeger has scheduled a statement for 1600 GMT.