Coffin carrying veteran journalist’s body shown falling as Israeli police beat mourners with batons

Mourners had marched from Jerusalem's Jaffa Gate to Mount Zion cemetery. They were met with violence at the St. Joseph hospital complex by Israeli police when they tried to carry Abu Akleh's coffin, which Al Jazeera footage showed being rocked and then falling out of the palms of a number of the pallbearers, as Israeli police beat them with batons.

Crowds walked behind as Abu Akleh's rose-covered coffin was carried by pallbearers and lain down to rest next to her parents' grave. Church bells echoed by way of the cemetery.

The burial was going down a day after a memorial procession that introduced thousands to the West Bank metropolis of Ramallah.

Mourners flocked to the town's streets on Friday and huddled in front of St. Joseph hospital in East Jerusalem, the place Abu Akleh's physique remained until the burial. Muslims performed Friday prayers and mourners chanted "strolling, walking on foot," demanding that Abu Akleh's coffin be carried and transported on foot from the hospital to the Greek Catholic church, where a service can be held, after which to the burial website. Israeli police had been lined exterior the hospital, according to CNN reporters. Police roadblocks had been arrange across the hospital.

Mourners carried Abu Akleh's coffin out of the hospital, but had been met with robust resistance from Israeli police who compelled them to move the body by car. A flash bomb and tear gasoline were fired, in line with CNN reporters.

Al Jazeera dwell footage confirmed Israeli police beating mourners with batons as they struggled to hold Abu Akleh's coffin. The body was in flip introduced back inside the hospital after which transported by automobile, stated Al Jazeera.

Footage on social media and Al Jazeera showed Abu Akleh's coffin being rocked back and forth after which falling as Israeli police beat pallbearers with batons. It was not instantly clear if the coffin hit the bottom.

Israeli police in a press release stated that "hundreds of rioters began to disrupt public order, even earlier than the funeral started," as they labored to safe the procession.

"Lots of of individuals gathered outdoors the French hospital (St. Joseph hospital) in Sheikh Jarrah and began chanting nationalist incitement," added the assertion.

"In the direction of the exit of the casket from the hospital, rioters began throwing stones toward the policemen from the French hospital plaza, and the policemen had been compelled to act."

Thousands had been packed inside and outdoors the church as Abu Akleh's physique arrived. Ladies have been heard ululating in mourning and priests sang Christian hymns in Arabic as the coffin, draped in Palestinian flags, was carried by means of the group.

The circumstances of her dying remain unclear. The Palestinian Authority on Thursday denied Israel's provide of a joint investigation, insisting on an unbiased course of and vowing to strive these accused of her killing to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Shtayyeh told Al Jazeera on Thursday that the results of their investigation will be launched soon and will embrace the post-mortem report.

Israeli military investigators confiscated the weapons of some IDF troops as part of their inquiry, reported the Washington Put up on Thursday, citing an unnamed IDF official. The weapons had been taken so that they are often made available for ballistics testing, the official mentioned.

Givara Al-Buderi, a fellow Al Jazeera correspondent and an in depth private buddy of Abu Akleh, mentioned she noticed the entry wound of a bullet just above the fitting eyebrow and was told by the doctor that part of the bullet had remained lodged in Abu Akleh's skull.

Al-Buderi was referred to as by doctors to assist remove Abu Akleh's clothing and alter her for the funeral.

"We took off her garments and needed to put a white gown on her," Al-Buderi instructed CNN, "I attempted to put my hand behind her head, but there was nothing there."

"I felt round but there was nothing, nothing left."

An earlier model of this story incorrectly stated the place Shireen Abu Akleh's funeral service was resulting from be held. It was being held at a Greek Catholic Church.

CNN's Nadeen Ebrahim, Mostafa Salem and Celine Alkhaldi in Abu Dhabi contributed reporting.