Violent brawl over lounge chairs at famous beach leaves one man dead, others facing charges

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.

The conflict was triggered when the 82-year-old attempted to reserve a seat for his incoming group, witnesses told the BBC.

During the confrontation, the 82-year-old went into cardiac arrest and collapsed on the sand, according to Kathimerini. 

Fox News Digital reached out to the Vouliagmeni police department for additional details.

The 76-year-old was taken into custody and charged with causing fatal bodily harm, according to the outlets.

Authorities also arrested a 21-year-old woman accompanying him on charges of verbal abuse, as well as aiding and abetting fatal bodily harm. 

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.

Despite the life-saving efforts, the man was pronounced dead shortly after 11 a.m. at Asklepieion Hospital in the nearby town of Voula. 

Authorities have ordered a postmortem examination to determine his cause of death, according to Kathimerini.

The fatal escalation over beach furniture left onlookers stunned. 

"It was chaos," one witness told TA NEA.

"We saw them beating a man, another man, a woman beating him - and then we see them giving him CPR. And all this for a deck chair."

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.