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[[File:Ragheed ganni with Pope.jpg|right|Father Ragheed Ganni]]

[[File:Ragheed Ganni Chaldean Mass Chennai India 2015.jpg|thumb|Father Ragheed Ganni Remembrance Mass in Chennai India by Christians of India, October 2015]]

On June 3, 2007, [[Trinity Sunday]], the Sunday after [[Pentecost]], Father Ragheed Ganni was martyred along with three subdeacons including his cousin Basman Yousef Daud, Wahid Hanna Isho, and Gassan Isam Bidawed in front of Mosul's [[Holy Spirit]] Chaldean Church where he was parish priest. Fr. Ragheed had just finished celebrating the Sunday evening [[Divine Liturgy]] ([[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]]).<ref>http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=9442 Accessed September 5, 2012</ref> The three deacons had recently decided to accompany Fr. Ragheed because of threats against his life. After Mass as he was walking away from the church with Daud and as Isho, Bidawed, and Isho's wife followed by car, the group was stopped by unknown armed men. One of the gunmen shouted at Fr. Ragheed that he had warned him to close the church and demanded to know why he didn't do it. Fr Ragheed replied asking "How can I close the house of God?" The gunmen ordered the woman to flee. Then after the gunmen demanded that the four men convert to Islam and they refused they were shot down.<ref>http://www.aina.org/news/20090603124803.pdf Accessed 9-6-2012</ref> The car was then set with explosives to deter interference and so that the bodies would remain abandoned. Several hours passed until a police bomb-squad defused the devices allowing corpses to be recovered.<ref>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/The-Chaldean-Church-mourns-Fr.-Ragheed-Ganni-and-his-martyrs-9443.html Accessed September 5, 2012; http://www.chaldean.org/CommunityPages/ChaldeanChurches/MotherofGodChurchMIUSA/tabid/113/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/146/Will-The-World-Continue-to-Remain-Indifferent-as-Chaldeans-Are-Massacred.aspx Accessed September 5, 2012</ref>