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 had been met with violence at the St. Joseph hospital advanced by Israeli police after they tried to carry Abu Akleh's coffin, which Al Jazeera footage confirmed being rocked after which falling out of the arms 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 all the way down to relaxation subsequent to her dad and mom' grave. Church bells echoed through the cemetery.

The burial was going down a day after a memorial procession that introduced 1000's to the West Bank city of Ramallah.

Mourners flocked to the town's streets on Friday and huddled in entrance of St. Joseph hospital in East Jerusalem, where Abu Akleh's physique remained till the burial. Muslims performed Friday prayers and mourners chanted "walking, 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 might be held, and then to the burial site. Israeli police have been lined outdoors the hospital, according to CNN reporters. Police roadblocks have been arrange across the hospital.

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

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

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

Israeli police in a statement mentioned that "lots of of rioters started to disrupt public order, even before the funeral started," as they labored to secure the procession.

"Hundreds of individuals gathered outdoors the French hospital (St. Joseph hospital) in Sheikh Jarrah and started chanting nationalist incitement," added the statement.

"Towards the exit of the casket from the hospital, rioters started throwing stones towards the policemen from the French hospital plaza, and the policemen were forced to act."

1000's have been packed inside and out of doors the church as Abu Akleh's body arrived. Ladies had been heard ululating in mourning and priests sang Christian hymns in Arabic because the coffin, draped in Palestinian flags, was carried by way of the gang.

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

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

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

Givara Al-Buderi, a fellow Al Jazeera correspondent and an in depth personal pal of Abu Akleh, said she noticed the entry wound of a bullet just above the appropriate eyebrow and was advised by the doctor that part of the bullet had remained lodged in Abu Akleh's skull.

Al-Buderi was called by docs to assist remove Abu Akleh's clothes and alter her for the funeral.

"We took off her clothes and had to put a white gown on her," Al-Buderi told CNN, "I attempted to put my hand behind her head, however there was nothing there."

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

An earlier version of this story incorrectly said the place Shireen Abu Akleh's funeral service was as a consequence 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.