Israeli police officers charged at Palestinian mourners carrying the coffin of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Friday, before thousands led her casket through Jerusalem's Old City in an outpouring of grief and anger over her killing.
Shireen Abu Akleh, 51, is laid to rest on Mount Zion in funeral attended by at least 10,000 Palestinians; Abu Akleh, killed during Jenin clashes, was widely beloved by Palestinians
some of the pallbearers and the coffin nearly fell to the ground. it was a tense situation. eventually the family took control and said they would find another way to do the funeral procession by car, and israeli police came to an agreement with them, and withdrew. now, after that, the funeral was held at the greek orthodox church in the old city. and it was an outpouring of thousands of people, palestinians coming to pay tribute to shireen abu akleh. remember, she was for many of them almost a member of the extended family, reporting daily on palestinian lives under israeli occupation. for them, this has been a very, very, very close personal death to many of the people here. so thousands of people streamed here. we re now in mount zion cemetery where you may see behind me the burial is actually taking place.
Israeli police officers charged at Palestinian mourners carrying the coffin of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Friday, before thousands led her casket through Jerusalem's Old City in an outpouring of grief and anger over her killing.