Courier de l'Égypte - 82-year-old dies after beach fight in Greece over sun lounger

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82-year-old dies after beach fight in Greece over sun lounger
82-year-old dies after beach fight in Greece over sun lounger / Photo: Spyros BAKALIS - AFP/File

82-year-old dies after beach fight in Greece over sun lounger

An 82-year-old man died Sunday after he got into a fight over a sun lounger on a beach in Greece near Athens, local media reported.

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The octogenarian had a dispute with a 76-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman over the sun lounger, with the argument degenerating into a scuffle between the two men, according to police, the ANA news agency and ERT state television channel reported.

The 82-year-old, badly hurt, was transported to hospital from the Vouliagmeni beach resort area where the argument broke out. He was later declared dead at the hospital.

Both the 76-year-old man and the 21-year-old woman were arrested, ANA said, with police investigating what happened.

H.Youssef--CdE