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 after which falling out of the arms 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 down to relaxation next to her parents' grave. Church bells echoed by means of the cemetery.

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

Mourners flocked to town'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, where a service will probably be held, and then to the burial site. Israeli police were lined exterior the hospital, in accordance with CNN reporters. Police roadblocks have been set up across 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 move the physique by automotive. A flash bomb and tear fuel have been 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 physique was in flip introduced again inside the hospital after which transported by automotive, stated Al Jazeera.

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

Israeli police in an announcement stated that "a whole lot of rioters started to disrupt public order, even before the funeral began," as they labored to safe the procession.

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

"In 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 compelled to act."

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

The circumstances of her loss of life remain unclear. The Palestinian Authority on Thursday denied Israel's supply of a joint investigation, insisting on an independent process and vowing to attempt these accused of her killing to the International Legal Court (ICC).

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

Israeli military investigators confiscated the guns of some IDF troops as part of their inquiry, reported the Washington Submit on Thursday, citing an unnamed IDF official. The weapons were taken so that they can be made accessible for ballistics testing, the official mentioned.

Givara Al-Buderi, a fellow Al Jazeera correspondent and a close personal good friend of Abu Akleh, said she noticed the entry wound of a bullet simply above the right eyebrow and was instructed by the doctor that part of the bullet had remained lodged in Abu Akleh's skull.

Al-Buderi was called by medical doctors to help remove Abu Akleh's clothing and change her for the funeral.

"We took off her garments and needed to put a white dress on her," Al-Buderi advised 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 stated 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.