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 complex by Israeli police when they tried to carry Abu Akleh's coffin, which Al Jazeera footage showed being rocked after which falling out of the palms of a number 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 next to her parents' grave. Church bells echoed via the cemetery.

The burial was happening a day after a memorial procession that brought 1000's to the West Bank city of Ramallah.

Mourners flocked to town's streets on Friday and huddled in entrance of St. Joseph hospital in East Jerusalem, the place Abu Akleh's body 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 probably be held, after which to the burial web site. Israeli police have been lined outdoors the hospital, in accordance with CNN reporters. Police roadblocks had been arrange around the hospital.

Mourners carried Abu Akleh's coffin out of the hospital, however were met with strong resistance from Israeli police who compelled them to transport the physique by automobile. A flash bomb and tear gas have been fired, according to CNN reporters.

Al Jazeera reside footage showed Israeli police beating mourners with batons as they struggled to hold Abu Akleh's coffin. The physique was in turn brought again 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 backwards and forwards and then falling as Israeli police beat pallbearers with batons. It was not instantly clear if the coffin hit the bottom.

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

"Lots of of people 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 toward the policemen from the French hospital plaza, and the policemen were compelled to behave."

Thousands have been packed inside and outdoors the church as Abu Akleh's body arrived. Girls have been heard ululating in mourning and priests sang Christian hymns in Arabic because the coffin, draped in Palestinian flags, was carried by the gang.

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

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Shtayyeh told Al Jazeera on Thursday that the outcomes of their investigation might be released quickly and can embrace the post-mortem report.

Israeli navy investigators confiscated the weapons of some IDF troops as part of their inquiry, reported the Washington Post on Thursday, citing an unnamed IDF official. The weapons were taken in order that they are often made available for ballistics testing, the official mentioned.

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

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

"We took off her clothes and needed to put a white costume on her," Al-Buderi informed CNN, "I attempted to put my hand behind her head, but there was nothing there."

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

An earlier version of this story incorrectly said the place 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.