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 on the St. Joseph hospital complicated by Israeli police when they tried to hold Abu Akleh's coffin, which Al Jazeera footage showed being rocked and then falling out of the palms of some 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 subsequent to her mother and father' grave. Church bells echoed by means of the cemetery.

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

Mourners flocked to 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 carried out Friday prayers and mourners chanted "strolling, strolling 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 will be held, and then to the burial website. Israeli police had been lined exterior the hospital, in line with CNN reporters. Police roadblocks have been set up around 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 transport the physique by car. A flash bomb and tear gas were fired, in accordance with CNN reporters.

Al Jazeera live footage confirmed Israeli police beating mourners with batons as they struggled to hold Abu Akleh's coffin. The physique was in flip brought again contained in the hospital after which transported by automobile, mentioned Al Jazeera.

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

Israeli police in a press release said that "hundreds of rioters began to disrupt public order, even before the funeral began," as they labored to secure the procession.

"Tons of of individuals gathered exterior the French hospital (St. Joseph hospital) in Sheikh Jarrah and started chanting nationalist incitement," added the assertion.

"In the direction of the exit of the casket from the hospital, rioters began throwing stones towards the policemen from the French hospital plaza, and the policemen were pressured to act."

Hundreds have been packed inside and out of doors the church as Abu Akleh's physique arrived. Girls were heard ululating in mourning and priests sang Christian hymns in Arabic as the coffin, draped in Palestinian flags, was carried by means of the gang.

The circumstances of her demise stay unclear. The Palestinian Authority on Thursday denied Israel's provide of a joint investigation, insisting on an impartial course of and vowing to attempt these accused of her killing to the Worldwide Criminal Courtroom (ICC).

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Shtayyeh informed Al Jazeera on Thursday that the outcomes of their investigation will probably be launched soon and will embody the autopsy report.

Israeli navy investigators confiscated the guns 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 in order that they can be made available for ballistics testing, the official said.

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

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

"We took off her garments and needed to put a white gown on her," Al-Buderi advised 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 version of this story incorrectly stated where 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.