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 complicated by Israeli police once they tried to carry Abu Akleh's coffin, which Al Jazeera footage showed being rocked and then falling out of the palms of a few 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 parents' grave. Church bells echoed by the cemetery.

The burial was taking place a day after a memorial procession that brought hundreds to the West Financial institution city 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 body remained till the burial. Muslims carried out 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 likely be held, after which to the burial website. Israeli police have been lined exterior the hospital, based on CNN reporters. Police roadblocks had been set up across the hospital.

Mourners carried Abu Akleh's coffin out of the hospital, however were met with robust resistance from Israeli police who compelled them to transport the physique by car. A flash bomb and tear gasoline 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 turn brought again contained in the hospital after which transported by automotive, mentioned Al Jazeera.

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

Israeli police in an announcement mentioned that "hundreds of rioters started to disrupt public order, even before the funeral began," as they worked to safe the procession.

"Tons of of individuals gathered outside the French hospital (St. Joseph hospital) in Sheikh Jarrah and commenced chanting nationalist incitement," added the statement.

"In 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 have been forced to act."

Hundreds were packed inside and out of doors the church as Abu Akleh's physique arrived. Women 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 crowd.

The circumstances of her death remain unclear. The Palestinian Authority on Thursday denied Israel's offer of a joint investigation, insisting on an independent course of and vowing to try these accused of her killing to the Worldwide Criminal Court docket (ICC).

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Shtayyeh informed Al Jazeera on Thursday that the results of their investigation can be released quickly and will include the post-mortem report.

Israeli military investigators confiscated the weapons of some IDF troops as part of their inquiry, reported the Washington Submit on Thursday, citing an unnamed IDF official. The weapons were taken so that they can be made obtainable for ballistics testing, the official said.

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

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

"We took off her garments and had to put a white dress on her," Al-Buderi instructed 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 model of this story incorrectly stated where Shireen Abu Akleh's funeral service was on account 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.