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 have been met with violence on the St. Joseph hospital complex by Israeli police after they tried to hold Abu Akleh's coffin, which Al Jazeera footage confirmed being rocked after which falling out of the palms 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 all the way down to relaxation next to her dad and mom' grave. Church bells echoed by way of the cemetery.

The burial was happening a day after a memorial procession that brought hundreds to the West Bank metropolis of Ramallah.

Mourners flocked to town'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, where a service can be held, and then to the burial site. Israeli police were lined exterior the hospital, in response to CNN reporters. Police roadblocks were set up 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 physique by car. A flash bomb and tear gas had been fired, in line with CNN reporters.

Al Jazeera live footage confirmed Israeli police beating mourners with batons as they struggled to carry Abu Akleh's coffin. The physique was in turn brought back inside the hospital and then transported by automobile, said Al Jazeera.

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

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

"Lots of of people gathered exterior the French hospital (St. Joseph hospital) in Sheikh Jarrah and began chanting nationalist incitement," added the statement.

"Towards 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 pressured to act."

Hundreds were packed inside and out of doors the church as Abu Akleh's physique arrived. Girls have been heard ululating in mourning and monks sang Christian hymns in Arabic as the coffin, draped in Palestinian flags, was carried through the group.

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

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Shtayyeh instructed Al Jazeera on Thursday that the results of their investigation will likely be launched soon and can embody the post-mortem report.

Israeli navy investigators confiscated the weapons of some IDF troops as part of their inquiry, reported the Washington Post on Thursday, citing an unnamed IDF official. The weapons have been taken so that they are often made accessible for ballistics testing, the official mentioned.

Givara Al-Buderi, a fellow Al Jazeera correspondent and a detailed private pal of Abu Akleh, said she saw the entry wound of a bullet simply above the fitting eyebrow and was instructed 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 assist take away Abu Akleh's clothing and change her for the funeral.

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

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

An earlier model of this story incorrectly stated where Shireen Abu Akleh's funeral service was resulting from 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.