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 on the St. Joseph hospital advanced by Israeli police after they tried to hold Abu Akleh's coffin, which Al Jazeera footage confirmed 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 all the way down to relaxation subsequent to her mother and father' grave. Church bells echoed by means of the cemetery.

The burial was taking place 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 front of St. Joseph hospital in East Jerusalem, the place Abu Akleh's physique remained until 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, where a service shall be held, and then to the burial web site. Israeli police have been lined outdoors the hospital, in keeping with CNN reporters. Police roadblocks had been set up across the hospital.

Mourners carried Abu Akleh's coffin out of the hospital, but had been met with robust resistance from Israeli police who compelled them to move the physique by automotive. A flash bomb and tear gasoline have been fired, based on 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 inside the hospital after which transported by car, stated 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 immediately clear if the coffin hit the bottom.

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

"Hundreds of individuals gathered exterior the French hospital (St. Joseph hospital) in Sheikh Jarrah and commenced chanting nationalist incitement," added the assertion.

"Towards the exit of the casket from the hospital, rioters started throwing stones towards the policemen from the French hospital plaza, and the policemen were compelled to act."

1000's had been packed inside and outdoors the church as Abu Akleh's physique arrived. Women 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 demise stay unclear. The Palestinian Authority on Thursday denied Israel's supply of a joint investigation, insisting on an impartial process and vowing to try these accused of her killing to the International Prison Court docket (ICC).

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

Israeli army investigators confiscated the guns of some IDF troops as part of their inquiry, reported the Washington Publish on Thursday, citing an unnamed IDF official. The weapons have been taken so that they can be made obtainable for ballistics testing, the official stated.

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

Al-Buderi was known as by docs to assist take away Abu Akleh's clothing and change 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 place my hand behind her head, but there was nothing there."

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

An earlier version of this story incorrectly acknowledged the place Shireen Abu Akleh's funeral service was as a consequence 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.