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 at the St. Joseph hospital advanced by Israeli police once they tried to carry Abu Akleh's coffin, which Al Jazeera footage showed being rocked and then falling out of the arms of among 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 next to her parents' grave. Church bells echoed by means of the cemetery.

The burial was taking place a day after a memorial procession that introduced hundreds to the West Financial institution 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 till the burial. Muslims performed Friday prayers and mourners chanted "walking, walking 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 be held, and then to the burial website. Israeli police were lined outside the hospital, in response to CNN reporters. Police roadblocks have been arrange around the hospital.

Mourners carried Abu Akleh's coffin out of the hospital, but were met with robust resistance from Israeli police who compelled them to transport the body by automobile. A flash bomb and tear fuel had been fired, according to CNN reporters.

Al Jazeera stay footage showed Israeli police beating mourners with batons as they struggled to carry Abu Akleh's coffin. The body was in flip introduced back contained in the hospital after which transported by car, mentioned Al Jazeera.

Footage on social media and Al Jazeera showed Abu Akleh's coffin being rocked back and forth 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 statement said that "hundreds of rioters started to disrupt public order, even before the funeral started," as they worked to secure the procession.

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

"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 behave."

Thousands had been packed inside and outside the church as Abu Akleh's physique arrived. Girls have been heard ululating in mourning and clergymen sang Christian hymns in Arabic because the coffin, draped in Palestinian flags, was carried by way of the crowd.

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

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Shtayyeh informed Al Jazeera on Thursday that the outcomes of their investigation might be released quickly and can include the autopsy report.

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

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

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

"We took off her clothes and needed to put a white dress on her," Al-Buderi instructed 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 resulting from 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.