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 have been met with violence on the St. Joseph hospital complicated by Israeli police after they tried to carry Abu Akleh's coffin, which Al Jazeera footage showed being rocked and then falling out of the hands 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 right down to rest next to her dad and mom' grave. Church bells echoed through the cemetery.

The burial was happening a day after a memorial procession that brought 1000's to the West Bank city 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 "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 shall be held, after which to the burial web site. Israeli police have been lined exterior the hospital, in line with CNN reporters. Police roadblocks have been set up around the hospital.

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

Al Jazeera dwell footage confirmed Israeli police beating mourners with batons as they struggled to carry Abu Akleh's coffin. The body was in flip introduced again contained in the hospital and then transported by automotive, stated Al Jazeera.

Footage on social media and Al Jazeera showed Abu Akleh's coffin being rocked backwards and forwards after which 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 stated that "lots of of rioters started to disrupt public order, even before the funeral started," as they worked to secure the procession.

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

"In 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 have been compelled to act."

1000's were packed inside and outdoors the church as Abu Akleh's body arrived. Girls were heard ululating in mourning and clergymen sang Christian hymns in Arabic as the coffin, draped in Palestinian flags, was carried via the gang.

The circumstances of her death remain unclear. The Palestinian Authority on Thursday denied Israel's supply of a joint investigation, insisting on an independent course of and vowing to strive those accused of her killing to the International Criminal Courtroom (ICC).

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Shtayyeh told Al Jazeera on Thursday that the outcomes of their investigation can be released quickly and will include the autopsy report.

Israeli navy investigators confiscated the guns of some IDF troops as a 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 available for ballistics testing, the official mentioned.

Givara Al-Buderi, a fellow Al Jazeera correspondent and a detailed personal friend of Abu Akleh, mentioned she noticed the entry wound of a bullet simply above the correct eyebrow and was informed by the doctor that a part of the bullet had remained lodged in Abu Akleh's skull.

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

"We took off her garments and had to put a white costume on her," Al-Buderi advised CNN, "I tried to place my hand behind her head, however there was nothing there."

"I felt around however there was nothing, nothing left."

An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the place Shireen Abu Akleh's funeral service was as a result 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.