Athens - The Greek police chief, Mr Thanassis Vassilopoulos, resigned yesterday in the wake of a hostage-taking fiasco in which 11 people were wounded when a police rescue attempt went awry, the Public Order Minister, Mr Georges Romeos, said.
Police admitted afterwards they had been sure the 45-year-old hostage-taker was bluffing when he claimed to have a live grenade fastened to a woman hostage.