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 advanced by Israeli police once they tried to hold Abu Akleh's coffin, which Al Jazeera footage confirmed being rocked after which falling out of the arms of among 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 right down to relaxation next to her mother and father' grave. Church bells echoed by the cemetery.

The burial was happening a day after a memorial procession that brought thousands to the West Bank metropolis of Ramallah.

Mourners flocked to the town's streets on Friday and huddled in entrance of St. Joseph hospital in East Jerusalem, the place Abu Akleh's body 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, the place a service will probably be held, after which to the burial site. Israeli police were lined outdoors the hospital, based on CNN reporters. Police roadblocks were arrange across the hospital.

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

Al Jazeera stay footage confirmed Israeli police beating mourners with batons as they struggled to hold Abu Akleh's coffin. The physique was in turn brought back contained in the hospital and then transported by car, said Al Jazeera.

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

Israeli police in a press release stated that "lots of of rioters started to disrupt public order, even before the funeral started," as they worked to safe the procession.

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

"In direction of the exit of the casket from the hospital, rioters started throwing stones towards the policemen from the French hospital plaza, and the policemen were compelled to behave."

Hundreds have been packed inside and outdoors the church as Abu Akleh's physique arrived. Ladies had been heard ululating in mourning and clergymen sang Christian hymns in Arabic because 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 try those accused of her killing to the International Prison Court docket (ICC).

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Shtayyeh instructed Al Jazeera on Thursday that the outcomes of their investigation shall be released soon and will embody the autopsy report.

Israeli navy investigators confiscated the weapons of some IDF troops as a part of their inquiry, reported the Washington Publish on Thursday, citing an unnamed IDF official. The weapons had been taken in order that they are often made available for ballistics testing, the official said.

Givara Al-Buderi, a fellow Al Jazeera correspondent and a close private friend of Abu Akleh, said she saw the entry wound of a bullet just above the suitable eyebrow and was told by the physician that part of the bullet had remained lodged in Abu Akleh's cranium.

Al-Buderi was referred to as by docs to help take away Abu Akleh's clothing and alter her for the funeral.

"We took off her clothes and had to put a white dress on her," Al-Buderi instructed CNN, "I tried to place my hand behind her head, but there was nothing there."

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

An earlier model of this story incorrectly stated where Shireen Abu Akleh's funeral service was because of 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.