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 have been met with violence on the St. Joseph hospital complex by Israeli police after they tried to carry Abu Akleh's coffin, which Al Jazeera footage showed being rocked and then falling out of the palms 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 through the cemetery.

The burial was taking place a day after a memorial procession that brought 1000's to the West Financial institution city of Ramallah.

Mourners flocked to the town'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, 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 likely be held, after which to the burial website. Israeli police have been lined exterior the hospital, in line with CNN reporters. Police roadblocks were set up around the hospital.

Mourners carried Abu Akleh's coffin out of the hospital, but have been met with strong resistance from Israeli police who compelled them to transport the physique by automotive. A flash bomb and tear gasoline have been fired, in keeping with CNN reporters.

Al Jazeera dwell footage confirmed Israeli police beating mourners with batons as they struggled to carry Abu Akleh's coffin. The body was in turn introduced 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 after which falling as Israeli police beat pallbearers with batons. It was not instantly clear if the coffin hit the ground.

Israeli police in a statement stated that "tons of of rioters started to disrupt public order, even before the funeral began," as they worked to safe the procession.

"Lots of of people gathered outside 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 toward the policemen from the French hospital plaza, and the policemen had been compelled to act."

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

The circumstances of her demise stay unclear. The Palestinian Authority on Thursday denied Israel's supply of a joint investigation, insisting on an impartial course of and vowing to strive those accused of her killing to the Worldwide Prison Court (ICC).

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Shtayyeh told Al Jazeera on Thursday that the results of their investigation will probably be released quickly and can include the autopsy report.

Israeli navy investigators confiscated the weapons of some IDF troops as part of their inquiry, reported the Washington Publish on Thursday, citing an unnamed IDF official. The weapons had been taken so that they can be made out there for ballistics testing, the official stated.

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

Al-Buderi was referred to as by doctors to assist take away Abu Akleh's clothing and alter her for the funeral.

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

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

An earlier model 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.