Coffin carrying veteran journalist’s body proven 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 after they tried to carry Abu Akleh's coffin, which Al Jazeera footage showed being rocked after which falling out of the arms 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 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 introduced thousands to the West Bank metropolis of Ramallah.

Mourners flocked to the town's streets on Friday and huddled in front of St. Joseph hospital in East Jerusalem, where Abu Akleh's body remained till the burial. Muslims carried out 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 might be held, after which to the burial web site. Israeli police have been lined outdoors 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 car. A flash bomb and tear gas were fired, based on CNN reporters.

Al Jazeera reside footage confirmed Israeli police beating mourners with batons as they struggled to carry Abu Akleh's coffin. The physique was in turn introduced back inside the hospital after which transported by automobile, stated 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 instantly clear if the coffin hit the bottom.

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

"Lots of of individuals gathered outside 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 were forced to behave."

Thousands had been packed inside and outside the church as Abu Akleh's body arrived. Girls were heard ululating in mourning and monks sang Christian hymns in Arabic as the coffin, draped in Palestinian flags, was carried through 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 independent process and vowing to try these accused of her killing to the Worldwide Prison Courtroom (ICC).

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Shtayyeh instructed Al Jazeera on Thursday that the outcomes of their investigation will probably be launched soon and can embrace the autopsy report.

Israeli army investigators confiscated the weapons of some IDF troops as part of their inquiry, reported the Washington Put up on Thursday, citing an unnamed IDF official. The weapons have been taken so that they can be made accessible for ballistics testing, the official stated.

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

Al-Buderi was called by medical doctors to help remove Abu Akleh's clothes and change her for the funeral.

"We took off her clothes and had to put a white dress on her," Al-Buderi instructed 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 stated the place 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.