Coffin carrying veteran journalist’s physique shown falling as Israeli police beat mourners with batons

Mourners had marched from Jerusalem's Jaffa Gate to Mount Zion cemetery. They have been met with violence on the St. Joseph hospital complicated by Israeli police when they tried to hold Abu Akleh's coffin, which Al Jazeera footage showed being rocked and then falling out of the palms 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 rest subsequent 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 hundreds to the West Bank city of Ramallah.

Mourners flocked to the city's streets on Friday and huddled in entrance of St. Joseph hospital in East Jerusalem, the place Abu Akleh's physique remained till the burial. Muslims carried out 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 shall be held, after which to the burial site. Israeli police were lined outdoors the hospital, in line with CNN reporters. Police roadblocks have been arrange around the hospital.

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

Al Jazeera reside footage confirmed Israeli police beating mourners with batons as they struggled to carry Abu Akleh's coffin. The body was in flip brought back inside the hospital and then transported by automotive, said 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 instantly clear if the coffin hit the bottom.

Israeli police in a press release mentioned that "tons of of rioters began to disrupt public order, even before the funeral started," as they labored to safe the procession.

"Lots of of individuals gathered outdoors the French hospital (St. Joseph hospital) in Sheikh Jarrah and commenced chanting nationalist incitement," added the statement.

"Towards the exit of the casket from the hospital, rioters started throwing stones towards the policemen from the French hospital plaza, and the policemen have been pressured to behave."

Thousands were packed inside and outdoors the church as Abu Akleh's body arrived. Ladies had been heard ululating in mourning and priests sang Christian hymns in Arabic because the coffin, draped in Palestinian flags, was carried via the crowd.

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 strive these accused of her killing to the International Criminal Court docket (ICC).

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Shtayyeh advised Al Jazeera on Thursday that the results of their investigation shall be launched quickly and will embrace the autopsy report.

Israeli military 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 in order that they can be made obtainable for ballistics testing, the official stated.

Givara Al-Buderi, a fellow Al Jazeera correspondent and an in depth private buddy of Abu Akleh, stated she saw the entry wound of a bullet simply above the correct eyebrow and was informed by the physician 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 clothes and alter her for the funeral.

"We took off her clothes and had to put a white dress on her," Al-Buderi advised CNN, "I attempted to place my hand behind her head, however there was nothing there."

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

An earlier version of this story incorrectly said where Shireen Abu Akleh's funeral service was due 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.