Mourners carry the casket of Shireen Abu Akleh during a procession before her funeral in the Old City of Jerusalem.It was, for so many, a day of solemn mourning.
Huge crowds filled East Jerusalem on Friday to join the procession carrying slain Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh’s casket to her final resting place.
Abu Akleh, who was shot dead Wednesday while covering an Israeli military raid in the West Bank, was known throughout the region as a veteran newscaster for Al Jazeera’s Arabic-language news channel.But Israeli police moved in as confusion broke out over whether she’d be transported from the hospital to a church in a hearse or on shoulders. They set off stun grenades and beat and arrested mourners in the procession.This browser does not support the video element.
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