Referee Leontis Trattos, Cyprus, was once again subjected to violence - http://bit.ly/1GSznAx Looks like no country is safe for officiating organised sports, perhaps Canada, and excepting ultimate frisbee. We really need something good to read about referees, for a change, the best story thread nothwithstanding. Here is an attempt to have something positive - http://bit.ly/1HY1eRa.
Canada is something of a shit-show for referee assault too. There was a case last summer where a player received "6 games" for a referee assault. Rugby? A guy got 18 months+ off for a light push on a ref and all of the players involved in the game felt that he got off lightly...