Coffin carrying veteran journalist’s physique 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 complex by Israeli police when they tried to carry Abu Akleh's coffin, which Al Jazeera footage showed being rocked and then falling out of the hands 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 right down to relaxation next to her mother and father' grave. Church bells echoed by way of the cemetery.

The burial was going down a day after a memorial procession that introduced hundreds to the West Financial institution city 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 performed 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, the place a service shall be held, and then to the burial web site. Israeli police have been lined outdoors the hospital, according 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 strong resistance from Israeli police who compelled them to transport the physique by automobile. A flash bomb and tear gas were fired, in keeping with CNN reporters.

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

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

Israeli police in a press release stated 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 individuals gathered outside 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 started throwing stones towards the policemen from the French hospital plaza, and the policemen were pressured to act."

Hundreds were packed inside and out of doors the church as Abu Akleh's body arrived. Women were heard ululating in mourning and clergymen sang Christian hymns in Arabic as the coffin, draped in Palestinian flags, was carried by the group.

The circumstances of her dying stay unclear. The Palestinian Authority on Thursday denied Israel's supply of a joint investigation, insisting on an unbiased process and vowing to attempt these accused of her killing to the Worldwide Legal Court (ICC).

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

Israeli army investigators confiscated the weapons of some IDF troops as part of their inquiry, reported the Washington Post on Thursday, citing an unnamed IDF official. The weapons had been taken so that they can be made out there for ballistics testing, the official mentioned.

Givara Al-Buderi, a fellow Al Jazeera correspondent and a close personal pal of Abu Akleh, stated she saw the entry wound of a bullet simply above the fitting 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 doctors to assist take away Abu Akleh's clothing and alter her for the funeral.

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

"I felt around but there was nothing, nothing left."

An earlier model of this story incorrectly stated 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.