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 when they tried to hold Abu Akleh's coffin, which Al Jazeera footage showed being rocked and then falling out of the arms 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 down to rest next to her mother and father' grave. Church bells echoed through the cemetery.

The burial was going down a day after a memorial procession that brought thousands 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 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 shall be held, and then to the burial web site. Israeli police have been lined outdoors the hospital, in line with CNN reporters. Police roadblocks were arrange around the hospital.

Mourners carried Abu Akleh's coffin out of the hospital, but have been met with robust resistance from Israeli police who compelled them to transport the body by car. A flash bomb and tear fuel were fired, according to CNN reporters.

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

Footage on social media and Al Jazeera confirmed Abu Akleh's coffin being rocked back and forth 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 mentioned that "hundreds of rioters started to disrupt public order, even earlier than the funeral started," as they labored to secure the procession.

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

"Towards the exit of the casket from the hospital, rioters began throwing stones toward the policemen from the French hospital plaza, and the policemen were pressured to act."

Hundreds have been packed inside and outdoors the church as Abu Akleh's body arrived. Ladies were heard ululating in mourning and priests sang Christian hymns in Arabic because 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 provide of a joint investigation, insisting on an impartial process and vowing to attempt those accused of her killing to the Worldwide Prison Court (ICC).

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Shtayyeh informed Al Jazeera on Thursday that the outcomes of their investigation will probably be released quickly and will embody the autopsy report.

Israeli navy investigators confiscated the guns 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 so that they can be made accessible for ballistics testing, the official stated.

Givara Al-Buderi, a fellow Al Jazeera correspondent and a close private friend of Abu Akleh, mentioned she noticed the entry wound of a bullet simply above the right eyebrow and was informed by the physician that part of the bullet had remained lodged in Abu Akleh's cranium.

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

"We took off her garments and needed to put a white gown on her," Al-Buderi told 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 acknowledged where Shireen Abu Akleh's funeral service was on account 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.