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 once they tried to hold Abu Akleh's coffin, which Al Jazeera footage showed being rocked and then 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 right down to relaxation subsequent to her parents' grave. Church bells echoed through the cemetery.

The burial was taking place a day after a memorial procession that introduced thousands to the West Financial institution city of Ramallah.

Mourners flocked to town's streets on Friday and huddled in entrance of St. Joseph hospital in East Jerusalem, where Abu Akleh's physique remained until 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 might be held, after which to the burial web site. Israeli police had been lined outdoors the hospital, according to CNN reporters. Police roadblocks had been arrange 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 automobile. A flash bomb and tear gasoline have been fired, in keeping with CNN reporters.

Al Jazeera reside footage showed Israeli police beating mourners with batons as they struggled to carry Abu Akleh's coffin. The body was in flip brought again contained in the hospital and then transported by automotive, mentioned Al Jazeera.

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

Israeli police in a press release stated that "lots of of rioters started to disrupt public order, even earlier than the funeral began," as they worked to secure the procession.

"Hundreds of people gathered outdoors the French hospital (St. Joseph hospital) in Sheikh Jarrah and started chanting nationalist incitement," added the statement.

"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."

Hundreds had been packed inside and out of doors the church as Abu Akleh's body arrived. Girls had been heard ululating in mourning and clergymen sang Christian hymns in Arabic as the coffin, draped in Palestinian flags, was carried by the crowd.

The circumstances of her demise remain unclear. The Palestinian Authority on Thursday denied Israel's supply of a joint investigation, insisting on an independent course of and vowing to strive these accused of her killing to the International Felony Court docket (ICC).

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Shtayyeh told Al Jazeera on Thursday that the results of their investigation will probably be launched soon and will embody the autopsy report.

Israeli army 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 have been taken so that they can be made available for ballistics testing, the official stated.

Givara Al-Buderi, a fellow Al Jazeera correspondent and a detailed private friend of Abu Akleh, stated she saw the entry wound of a bullet just above the right eyebrow and was informed by the doctor that part of the bullet had remained lodged in Abu Akleh's skull.

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

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

"I felt round but there was nothing, nothing left."

An earlier model of this story incorrectly acknowledged where Shireen Abu Akleh's funeral service was as a result 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.