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 were met with violence on the St. Joseph hospital advanced by Israeli police after they tried to carry Abu Akleh's coffin, which Al Jazeera footage confirmed being rocked after which falling out of the hands 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 down to rest next to her parents' grave. Church bells echoed via the cemetery.

The burial was taking place a day after a memorial procession that introduced hundreds to the West Bank city of Ramallah.

Mourners flocked to the town's streets on Friday and huddled in front of St. Joseph hospital in East Jerusalem, where Abu Akleh's physique 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, the place a service will probably be held, after which to the burial site. Israeli police had been lined outside the hospital, in line with CNN reporters. Police roadblocks were set up around 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 automotive. A flash bomb and tear gas have been fired, according to CNN reporters.

Al Jazeera live footage confirmed Israeli police beating mourners with batons as they struggled to hold Abu Akleh's coffin. The physique was in turn introduced back contained in the hospital and then transported by car, said Al Jazeera.

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

Israeli police in a statement said that "a whole lot of rioters began to disrupt public order, even earlier than the funeral began," as they labored to secure the procession.

"Hundreds of individuals gathered outdoors 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 started throwing stones toward the policemen from the French hospital plaza, and the policemen had been pressured to behave."

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

The circumstances of her death stay unclear. The Palestinian Authority on Thursday denied Israel's offer of a joint investigation, insisting on an impartial course of and vowing to try these accused of her killing to the Worldwide Legal Court docket (ICC).

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

Israeli military investigators confiscated the guns of some IDF troops as part of their inquiry, reported the Washington Post on Thursday, citing an unnamed IDF official. The weapons have been 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 buddy of Abu Akleh, mentioned she noticed the entry wound of a bullet simply above the suitable eyebrow and was advised 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 garments and needed to put a white dress 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 said where 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.