Pensioner, 82, is killed in fight for a sun lounger in Greece: Man, 76, and 21-year-old woman are arrested
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An 82-year-old man has died after a fight with another pensioner about a sun lounger on a Greek beach.
The beachgoer died of a cardiac arrest which followed the scuffle with another man, 76, in Vouliagmeni, a seaside town near Athens, on Sunday.
Greek media reported the older man and his wife arrived at the beach just after 9am and sat on sunbeds before the younger sunseeker came with a 21-year-old woman.
An argument began, though it was not physical, before the young woman became unwell and was taken to a clinic on the beach.
After accompanying her to find help, the 76-year-old man returned to the sun loungers and a fight broke out.
It is understood the older man then suffered a cardiac arrest before being given CPR and taken to hospital in the nearby Voula suburb.
He died an hour later.
Reports in Greece said the 76-year-old man and his female companion were arrested after the death.
An 82-year-old man has died after a fight broke out over a sun lounger in the seaside town of Vouliagmeni, near Athens (file pic)
A 72-year-old man had arrived at the beach and argued with the older man, according to reports in Greek media (file pic)
A friend of the younger man told Greek newspaper ProtoThema: 'My friend went to get the sunbeds, I was getting a ticket. He got into an argument with the 82-year-old, who said to him, 'Do you know who I am? I'm from the navy.'
'My friend has injuries, as does the 21-year-old girl who was accompanying him.'
A witness said: 'We heard voices, we ran to see what was happening and we saw a fight.
'There was chaos, I have never heard the woman's screams before. I saw them beating a man, another man, a woman. And then we saw them doing CPR on him.'
Sunbed wars have escalated across Europe in recent years as tourists vie for the best spots.
Last year it was reported British tourists had taken matters to new heights as pictures showed some sleeping on loungers overnight to reserve the best poolside positions.
One Tenerife resort was pictured littered with tourists at its pool three hours before it opened.
And in May a German holidaymaker successfully sued his tour operator and received a £770 payout after he claimed his children were left lying on poolside concrete on a luxury Greek island.
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