E/CN.4/1995/91 page 58 According to certain information, in 1993, two cemeteries were desecrated, and before the Christmas holiday, the Hezbollah reportedly made threats against Christians if they celebrated Christmas and New Year, two traditions which that organization deems to be neither Arab nor Muslim." Liberia In a communication dated 18 August 1994, the Special Rapporteur brought the following allegations to the attention of the Government of Liberia: "The Special Rapporteur has been informed that armed clashes have allegedly engendered an atmosphere of insecurity, the destruction of places of worship, murders of priests and pastors and the departure of many foreign missionaries. Cases that have been brought to the Special Rapporteur’s attention are summarized below: - In April 1992, Father Seraphino Dalphont, an Italian priest, was allegedly arrested for possession of money issued by the interim Government and of a Catholic newsletter which was deemed seditious literature. He was reportedly released after paying a heavy fine but was again arrested for alleged espionage activities and held in Gbarnga police station until mid-May, when he was released and expelled to Côte d’Ivoire; - On 20 October 1992, two Catholic nuns of American nationality and one Liberian national employed in their convent were allegedly killed in the nuns’ vehicle near Barnesville, a Monrovia suburb. The murderers were apparently members of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia; - On 23 October 1992, six soldiers of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia allegedly raided the Barnesville convent and killed three other American nuns. The Special Rapporteur has received reports that an armed Muslim group called the "Islamic warriors" is waging a jihad against the Christians in Lofa County, in the north of the country. These extremists have allegedly burned hundreds of villages and killed many people. In June 1993, they reportedly murdered three pastors and one minister of the Jehovah’s Witnesses sect. One of them, Thomas Korfeh, was said to have been thrown into a tank filled with oil and had boiling water poured over his head. The Muslim extremists then reportedly lit a fire and boiled him in public, in order to inspire terror. The other two pastors, John Fallah and David Saah, were disembowelled. The population was then allegedly terrorized and humiliated in various ways. A curfew was then declared and anyone who did not respect it was killed. In addition, the "Islamic warriors" allegedly looted villages and stole all the church bells, closed all Christian places of worship and denied the congregation access to them. It was allegedly forbidden also to walk in the street with a Bible or any other Christian book, on pain of death."