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 at the St. Joseph hospital advanced by Israeli police after they tried to hold 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 right down to rest next to her mother and father' grave. Church bells echoed via the cemetery.

The burial was happening a day after a memorial procession that brought 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, the place Abu Akleh's body remained until the burial. Muslims performed 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, where a service will be held, after which to the burial website. Israeli police have been 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, however were met with strong resistance from Israeli police who compelled them to move the physique by car. A flash bomb and tear gasoline were fired, in line with CNN reporters.

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

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

Israeli police in a press release mentioned that "lots of of rioters began to disrupt public order, even earlier than the funeral started," as they labored to secure the procession.

"Tons of of people gathered exterior the French hospital (St. Joseph hospital) in Sheikh Jarrah and commenced 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 were compelled to act."

Hundreds have been packed inside and outdoors the church as Abu Akleh's physique arrived. Women have been heard ululating in mourning and priests sang Christian hymns in Arabic as the coffin, draped in Palestinian flags, was carried by means of the group.

The circumstances of her dying stay unclear. The Palestinian Authority on Thursday denied Israel's offer of a joint investigation, insisting on an unbiased process and vowing to strive these accused of her killing to the International Legal Courtroom (ICC).

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Shtayyeh instructed Al Jazeera on Thursday that the results of their investigation shall be released soon and can embody 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 have been taken in order that they are often made out there for ballistics testing, the official mentioned.

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 told by the doctor that part of the bullet had remained lodged in Abu Akleh's skull.

Al-Buderi was known as by docs to assist take away 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 advised CNN, "I tried 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 acknowledged the place 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.