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 hold Abu Akleh's coffin, which Al Jazeera footage confirmed being rocked and then falling out of the fingers 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 next 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 brought 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 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 might be held, and then to the burial site. Israeli police had been lined outdoors the hospital, in response to CNN reporters. Police roadblocks were set up across the hospital.

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

Al Jazeera live footage showed Israeli police beating mourners with batons as they struggled to carry Abu Akleh's coffin. The body was in turn brought again contained in the hospital after which transported by car, 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 a press release mentioned that "hundreds of rioters started to disrupt public order, even before the funeral started," as they labored to secure the procession.

"A whole lot of people gathered exterior the French hospital (St. Joseph hospital) in Sheikh Jarrah and started chanting nationalist incitement," added the statement.

"In direction of the exit of the casket from the hospital, rioters began throwing stones toward the policemen from the French hospital plaza, and the policemen have been compelled to behave."

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

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

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

Israeli military 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 were taken in order that they are often made available for ballistics testing, the official mentioned.

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

Al-Buderi was known as by doctors to assist take away Abu Akleh's clothing and alter her for the funeral.

"We took off her garments and had to put a white costume on her," Al-Buderi informed CNN, "I attempted to put 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 due to 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.