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 at the St. Joseph hospital complex by Israeli police when they tried to carry Abu Akleh's coffin, which Al Jazeera footage confirmed being rocked after which falling out of the hands 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 rest subsequent to her dad and mom' 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 body 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, the place a service might be held, after which to the burial site. Israeli police had been lined outside 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 body by car. A flash bomb and tear gasoline have been fired, in response to CNN reporters.

Al Jazeera stay footage showed Israeli police beating mourners with batons as they struggled to hold Abu Akleh's coffin. The body was in turn brought back inside the hospital and then transported by automotive, mentioned Al Jazeera.

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

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

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

"In the direction of 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 act."

Thousands had been packed inside and outdoors the church as Abu Akleh's physique arrived. Ladies had been heard ululating in mourning and clergymen sang Christian hymns in Arabic as the coffin, draped in Palestinian flags, was carried by means of the gang.

The circumstances of her loss of life remain unclear. The Palestinian Authority on Thursday denied Israel's provide of a joint investigation, insisting on an unbiased process and vowing to attempt those accused of her killing to the International Criminal Courtroom (ICC).

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Shtayyeh told Al Jazeera on Thursday that the outcomes of their investigation can be launched quickly and will embody the autopsy report.

Israeli military 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 were taken in order that they can be made accessible for ballistics testing, the official said.

Givara Al-Buderi, a fellow Al Jazeera correspondent and a close private pal of Abu Akleh, said she saw the entry wound of a bullet simply above the best eyebrow and was instructed by the doctor that part of the bullet had remained lodged in Abu Akleh's cranium.

Al-Buderi was referred to as by docs to assist 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 informed CNN, "I tried to put 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 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.