A car used by Cypriot referee Leontios Trattos was set on fire early on Tuesday , police said , the second time he has been targeted in just over a year . The incident is the latest in a string of threats and attacks against referees and their families which led to calls for the officials to boycott games . Police said the car , which was parked in the basement of Trattos ' residence at an apartment block in a suburb of the capital Nicosia , was destroyed . Referee Leontios Trattou has had his car attacked for the second time in a year in Cypriot capital Nicosia . Authorities suspect the vehicle , a company car belonging to Trattos 's employers , was doused with inflammable fluid and set alight . One of the Mediterranean island 's most high-profile referees , Trattos was also targeted in February last year when a bomb destroyed a car parked outside his home . That incident , among a string of attacks against referees , led to a brief suspension of fixtures on the island . The incident is among a string of attacks against referees and their families , there are no injuries reported . The attacks have continued , however , and in January a bomb went off outside the home of a referee 's mother , and last month a car belonging to a referee 's wife was damaged by a pipe bomb . There have been no injuries reported from any of the attacks .
Leonotios Trattos had his car attacked for the second time in a year . His vehicle was set on fire in basement under his flat on Tuesday . Referees in Cyprus and their families have been threatened and attacked .