On a Sunday morning at Vouliagmeni, a beloved stretch of the Athenian riviera, an 82-year-old man came seeking the simple pleasure of a place in the sun and instead encountered the sharp edge of a society under strain. A dispute over a sunlounger — that most ordinary of summer objects — escalated into a brawl that claimed his life, leaving behind a 76-year-old suspect, a grieving widow, and a nation confronting an uncomfortable question about what happens when scarcity and dignity collide in public space. The death is both singular and symptomatic: a moment where Greece's cost-of-living pressu
Greek police investigate death of 82-year-old after sunlounger brawl
An 82-year-old man died from cardiac arrest sustained during a physical altercation at a beach resort.
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