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 were met with violence on the St. Joseph hospital complicated by Israeli police once they tried to carry Abu Akleh's coffin, which Al Jazeera footage confirmed being rocked after which falling out of the arms of a number 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 next to her parents' grave. Church bells echoed through the cemetery.

The burial was taking place a day after a memorial procession that brought thousands to the West Bank city of Ramallah.

Mourners flocked to the city's streets on Friday and huddled in front of St. Joseph hospital in East Jerusalem, the place Abu Akleh's physique remained until the burial. Muslims performed 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 will probably be held, after which to the burial web site. Israeli police have been lined exterior the hospital, in keeping with CNN reporters. Police roadblocks have been arrange around the hospital.

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

Al Jazeera live footage showed Israeli police beating mourners with batons as they struggled to carry Abu Akleh's coffin. The body was in flip introduced back inside 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 bottom.

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

"Tons of of individuals gathered outside the French hospital (St. Joseph hospital) in Sheikh Jarrah and started chanting nationalist incitement," added the assertion.

"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 were compelled to behave."

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

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 Worldwide Legal Courtroom (ICC).

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Shtayyeh told Al Jazeera on Thursday that the results of their investigation might be launched quickly and will embody the post-mortem report.

Israeli navy 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 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 close personal good friend of Abu Akleh, mentioned she saw the entry wound of a bullet simply above the suitable eyebrow and was advised by the doctor that a part of the bullet had remained lodged in Abu Akleh's skull.

Al-Buderi was known as by medical doctors to help remove Abu Akleh's clothing and alter her for the funeral.

"We took off her garments and needed to put a white gown on her," Al-Buderi advised CNN, "I tried to put my hand behind her head, but 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 attributable 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.