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A man is reported to have died in China after having his testicles squeezed during a dust up over a parking space.

According to the Australian Telegraph, an argument arose between the shopkeeper victim and a scooter rider after she was making the school run to pick up her child from a primary school in Meilan District, Haikou City.

Eyewitnesses are reported to have claimed that the 42-year-old told the unidentified woman that she was not permitted to park her vehicle in front of his store.

The dispute is said to have escalated to a “violent fist fight” after the furious mum contacted her husband and brother to assist her.

It is alleged that during the consequent scuffle that she lunged for the shopkeeper’s crotch, grabbed his testicles and squeezed until her collapsed on the ground.

The man is reported to have died in hospital.

Dr. Irwin Goldstein of San Diego Sexual Medicine at California’s Alvarado Hospital is quoted by tntmagazine.com as saying that such an assault could trigger cardiac arrest.

He is reported to have said: “The testicles are exquisitely sensitive to touch and there is a huge release of adrenalin when there is excessive force applied to these organs.

“Testicular pain is referred to the lower abdomen, mesenteric plexus, and causes men to stop abruptly what they are doing, lie on the ground, close their eyes and bend their knees.

“A heart attack could certainly result from severe testicular pain from squeezing.”