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 hold Abu Akleh's coffin, which Al Jazeera footage confirmed being rocked after which falling out of the palms of among 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 happening a day after a memorial procession that introduced thousands to the West Financial institution metropolis of Ramallah.

Mourners flocked to the city's streets on Friday and huddled in front of St. Joseph hospital in East Jerusalem, the place Abu Akleh's body remained until the burial. Muslims carried out 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, the place a service will probably be held, and then to the burial web site. Israeli police have been lined outdoors the hospital, in line with CNN reporters. Police roadblocks were arrange around the hospital.

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

Al Jazeera dwell footage confirmed Israeli police beating mourners with batons as they struggled to carry Abu Akleh's coffin. The body was in flip brought again contained in the hospital and then transported by automotive, 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 immediately clear if the coffin hit the ground.

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

"A whole lot 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 toward the policemen from the French hospital plaza, and the policemen have been compelled to act."

Hundreds had been packed inside and outside the church as Abu Akleh's body arrived. Girls have been heard ululating in mourning and priests sang Christian hymns in Arabic as the coffin, draped in Palestinian flags, was carried by way of the crowd.

The circumstances of her dying stay unclear. The Palestinian Authority on Thursday denied Israel's offer of a joint investigation, insisting on an unbiased process and vowing to try those accused of her killing to the International Prison Courtroom (ICC).

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

Israeli army investigators confiscated the weapons of some IDF troops as a 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 are often made available for ballistics testing, the official stated.

Givara Al-Buderi, a fellow Al Jazeera correspondent and a detailed private friend of Abu Akleh, said she noticed the entry wound of a bullet just above the proper eyebrow and was informed by the doctor that a part of the bullet had remained lodged in Abu Akleh's skull.

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

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

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

An earlier model of this story incorrectly acknowledged 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.