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 on the St. Joseph hospital complex by Israeli police when they tried to carry Abu Akleh's coffin, which Al Jazeera footage confirmed 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 dad and mom' grave. Church bells echoed via the cemetery.

The burial was happening a day after a memorial procession that brought 1000's to the West Bank metropolis of Ramallah.

Mourners flocked to 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 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 might be held, and then to the burial website. Israeli police were lined exterior the hospital, in line with CNN reporters. Police roadblocks have been set up across the hospital.

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

Al Jazeera stay footage showed Israeli police beating mourners with batons as they struggled to hold Abu Akleh's coffin. The physique was in flip brought back inside the hospital and then transported by automobile, stated Al Jazeera.

Footage on social media and Al Jazeera confirmed 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 ground.

Israeli police in an announcement mentioned that "a whole lot of rioters began to disrupt public order, even earlier than the funeral began," as they worked to secure the procession.

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

"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 compelled to act."

1000's have been packed inside and outdoors the church as Abu Akleh's body arrived. Girls had been heard ululating in mourning and priests sang Christian hymns in Arabic as the coffin, draped in Palestinian flags, was carried via the gang.

The circumstances of her death stay unclear. The Palestinian Authority on Thursday denied Israel's supply of a joint investigation, insisting on an unbiased process and vowing to strive these accused of her killing to the International Criminal Courtroom (ICC).

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

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

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

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

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

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

An earlier model of this story incorrectly said the place 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.