A lounge chair war turned deadly at a popular beach recently.
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An 82-year-old man and a 76-year-old man got into a fiery argument on the morning of Sept. 20 over a chair on the beach in Vouliagmeni, Greece, just south of Athens, the Greek newspaper Kathimerini reported.
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The conflict was triggered when the 82-year-old attempted to reserve a seat for his incoming group, witnesses told the BBC.
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Shouts during the violent struggle could be heard by onlookers across the beach, local outlets reported.
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During the confrontation, the 82-year-old went into cardiac arrest and collapsed on the sand, according to Kathimerini.
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He was transported to an area hospital but died soon after.
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Fox News Digital reached out to the Vouliagmeni police department for additional details.
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The 76-year-old was taken into custody and charged with causing fatal bodily harm, according to the outlets.
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The dispute centered around a cluster of six sunbeds.
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Authorities also arrested a 21-year-old woman accompanying him on charges of verbal abuse, as well as aiding and abetting fatal bodily harm.
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The woman, who sustained a swollen and bloody face, was subsequently released from custody, the BBC said.
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The dispute centered around a cluster of six sunbeds.
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The 76-year-old and his 21-year-old companion had purchased tickets and selected two of the loungers — but the 82-year-old insisted the entire space was already claimed for his friends, according to local reports.
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The verbal altercation turned physical when the 82-year-old allegedly struck the young woman in the face, prompting the younger man and other bystanders to retaliate, witnesses told the BBC.
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"We saw them beating a man … and all this for a deck chair."
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Following the 82-year-old's collapse, a nurse who happened to be on the beach rushed over with other bystanders to administer CPR and use a defibrillator, the Greek news outlet TA NEA reported.
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Despite the life-saving efforts, the man was pronounced dead shortly after 11 a.m. at Asklepieion Hospital in the nearby town of Voula.
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Authorities have ordered a postmortem examination to determine his cause of death, according to Kathimerini.
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The fatal escalation over beach furniture left onlookers stunned.
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"It was chaos," one witness told TA NEA.
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"We saw them beating a man, another man, a woman beating him — and then we see them giving him CPR.
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The beach resort's manager was also detained by police for questioning regarding the incident, local outlets reported.
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The 76-year-old suspect and the 21-year-old woman are scheduled to testify before a judge on Wednesday, Sept. 23, according to Kathimerini.
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The tragic dispute occurred against the backdrop of rising national tensions over beach accessibility in Greece.
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Earlier this year, government officials launched a nationwide crackdown on private businesses monopolizing public coastlines, using drones and a citizen complaint app to enforce limits on illegal sunbeds, the BBC noted.
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