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 on the St. Joseph hospital advanced by Israeli police once they tried to carry Abu Akleh's coffin, which Al Jazeera footage confirmed being rocked and then falling out of the hands 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 rest next to her mother and father' grave. Church bells echoed via the cemetery.

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

Mourners flocked to the city's streets on Friday and huddled in entrance of St. Joseph hospital in East Jerusalem, where 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, the place a service will likely be held, after which to the burial website. Israeli police were lined exterior the hospital, in response to CNN reporters. Police roadblocks were set up across 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 body by automotive. A flash bomb and tear fuel have been fired, in keeping with CNN reporters.

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

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

Israeli police in a press release stated that "a whole bunch of rioters started to disrupt public order, even earlier than the funeral began," as they worked to safe the procession.

"A whole bunch of people gathered outdoors 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 started throwing stones toward the policemen from the French hospital plaza, and the policemen were pressured to act."

1000's were packed inside and out of doors the church as Abu Akleh's body arrived. Women had been heard ululating in mourning and priests sang Christian hymns in Arabic because the coffin, draped in Palestinian flags, was carried via the gang.

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

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

Israeli navy investigators confiscated the guns of some IDF troops as part of their inquiry, reported the Washington Put up on Thursday, citing an unnamed IDF official. The weapons were taken in order that they are often made available for ballistics testing, the official mentioned.

Givara Al-Buderi, a fellow Al Jazeera correspondent and an in depth personal friend of Abu Akleh, stated she noticed the entry wound of a bullet just above the proper eyebrow and was informed by the physician that part of the bullet had remained lodged in Abu Akleh's skull.

Al-Buderi was referred to as by docs to help take away Abu Akleh's clothes and change her for the funeral.

"We took off her clothes and needed to put a white gown on her," Al-Buderi informed CNN, "I attempted to place 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 stated the place Shireen Abu Akleh's funeral service was as a consequence 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.