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 advanced by Israeli police after they tried to hold Abu Akleh's coffin, which Al Jazeera footage showed being rocked and then falling out of the arms 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 next to her dad and mom' grave. Church bells echoed by way of the cemetery.

The burial was going down a day after a memorial procession that brought hundreds to the West Bank city of Ramallah.

Mourners flocked to the city's streets on Friday and huddled in entrance 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 "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 likely be held, after which to the burial web site. Israeli police were lined exterior the hospital, according to CNN reporters. Police roadblocks were set up across the hospital.

Mourners carried Abu Akleh's coffin out of the hospital, however were met with strong resistance from Israeli police who compelled them to transport the physique by automotive. A flash bomb and tear gas were fired, in response 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 flip brought back contained in the hospital and then transported by automobile, said Al Jazeera.

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

Israeli police in a statement stated that "hundreds of rioters began to disrupt public order, even earlier than the funeral began," as they worked to safe the procession.

"Lots of of people gathered exterior the French hospital (St. Joseph hospital) in Sheikh Jarrah and began chanting nationalist incitement," added the assertion.

"In the 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 pressured to behave."

Thousands have been packed inside and outside the church as Abu Akleh's physique arrived. Ladies were heard ululating in mourning and clergymen sang Christian hymns in Arabic as the coffin, draped in Palestinian flags, was carried by way of the group.

The circumstances of her death remain unclear. The Palestinian Authority on Thursday denied Israel's provide of a joint investigation, insisting on an impartial process and vowing to attempt these accused of her killing to the Worldwide Prison Courtroom (ICC).

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Shtayyeh instructed Al Jazeera on Thursday that the outcomes of their investigation can be launched quickly and will embrace the post-mortem report.

Israeli navy 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 were taken so that they are often made obtainable for ballistics testing, the official said.

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

Al-Buderi was referred to as by docs to assist take away Abu Akleh's clothes and alter her for the funeral.

"We took off her clothes and had to put a white gown on her," Al-Buderi told CNN, "I tried to place 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 said the place Shireen Abu Akleh's funeral service was attributable 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.