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Pétanque player, 68, dies after being 'hit in head with metal boule'
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- Henry Moore Getty Images A 68-year-old pétanque player has died after allegedly being hit with a metal boule during a dispute with a rival team in the French Atlantic resort of Mimizan.
- The man was reportedly struck after an argument broke out between one team that regularly plays on the beach and another that plays in town.
- The dispute started when the beach group asked to play in town while in search of shade during a heatwave, witnesses told local media.
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Henry Moore Getty Images A 68-year-old pétanque player has died after allegedly being hit with a metal boule during a dispute with a rival team in the French Atlantic resort of Mimizan.
The man was reportedly struck after an argument broke out between one team that regularly plays on the beach and another that plays in town.
The dispute started when the beach group asked to play in town while in search of shade during a heatwave, witnesses told local media.
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