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 complicated by Israeli police when they tried to carry Abu Akleh's coffin, which Al Jazeera footage confirmed being rocked after which falling out of the fingers 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 right down to rest next to her mother and father' grave. Church bells echoed through the cemetery.

The burial was taking place a day after a memorial procession that brought thousands 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 till the burial. Muslims performed Friday prayers and mourners chanted "walking, 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 will be held, after which to the burial website. Israeli police had been lined outside 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 were met with strong resistance from Israeli police who compelled them to transport the body by automotive. A flash bomb and tear fuel had been fired, in response to CNN reporters.

Al Jazeera live footage showed Israeli police beating mourners with batons as they struggled to hold Abu Akleh's coffin. The physique was in flip introduced back inside the hospital after which 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 bottom.

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

"Lots of of individuals gathered outdoors 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 toward the policemen from the French hospital plaza, and the policemen had been forced to act."

1000's had been packed inside and outdoors the church as Abu Akleh's physique arrived. Girls were heard ululating in mourning and monks sang Christian hymns in Arabic because the coffin, draped in Palestinian flags, was carried through the group.

The circumstances of her demise stay unclear. The Palestinian Authority on Thursday denied Israel's offer of a joint investigation, insisting on an independent process and vowing to try those accused of her killing to the Worldwide Criminal Court docket (ICC).

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Shtayyeh advised Al Jazeera on Thursday that the results of their investigation will probably be released soon and will include the autopsy report.

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

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

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

"We took off her garments and needed to put a white costume on her," Al-Buderi told CNN, "I tried to place my hand behind her head, however there was nothing there."

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

An earlier model of this story incorrectly acknowledged where 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.