Israeli police on Saturday announced the opening of the investigation after international reaction caused by the intervention of its members at the funeral of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, whose coffin nearly fell after truncheon blows aimed at carriers.
Thousands of Palestinians attended the funeral of Palestinian-American Al Jazeera television journalist who was shot in the head on Wednesday while covering an Israeli military raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, Palestinian Territory occupied by Israel since 1967. Armored he’s bulletproof. marked vest hurry up and a reporting headset.
As the coffin was drawn from St. Joseph’s Hospital in East Jerusalem, a Palestinian sector of the city also occupied by Israel, police entered the facility and charged a crowd waving Palestinian flags.
The coffin nearly fell from the hands of the carriers, who were beaten by police armed with truncheons, before being caught by extremis, according to photos from local television.
Israeli Police Commissioner […] ordered an investigation into the incident. The conclusions will be presented to the Commissioner in the coming days.police said in a statement.
He repeated that to the police were exposed to the violence of the rioters, which incited them to use violence.
International echoes
Images of police beating porters circulating on social networks have caused an international reaction.
We were deeply disturbed by footage of Israeli police interfering with the funeral procession, said U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The High Commissioner ofUN for human rights, Michelle Bachelet, for her part has qualified the images as nakakaloka.
Condemned by the European Union the disproportionate use of force and the disrespectful behavior of the Israeli police.
The French representation in Jerusalem judged deeply shocking police violenceand denounced by Spain as the disproportionate use of force is unacceptable. Germany said it regrets that the funeral could not be conducted in peace and dignity.
The conquest forces didn’t just kill Shireen […]. They frighten those who come with him to his last resting placedenounced Qatar.
The facts in detail
If you do not stop these national anthems, we must disperse you by force and we will prevent the funeral from taking place.said an Israeli police officer with a megaphone in the direction of most of the hospital compound on Friday, according to a police video.
He accused most Palestinians of having discarded glass bottles and other items to the police. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported 33 injuries, and Israeli police reported six arrests.
Most Palestinians were able to accompany the coffin to a church in the old city, where a mass was held, and then to the cemetery.
The Murder of the 51 -year -old journalist was strongly condemned by the Security CouncilUNwho claimed a transparent and impartial investigation.
The Palestinian Authority, Qatar’s Al Jazeera television and the Qatari government have accused the Israeli army of killing the journalist.
Israel, then claim he has most likely surrendered to Palestinian fire, he said he did not rule out the possibility that the bullet had been fired by his soldiers.
According to the first results of the Palestinian prosecutor’s investigation in Ramallah, the only source of hunting is the occupying forces. This observation contradicts the Israeli army, which indicated earlier that it was not possible to immediately determine the source of the hunt.
Israel requested that the ammunition be given to it for ballistic examination and offered to have Palestinian and American experts attend this examination.
But Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has refused a joint investigation into Israel. We don’t trust himhe said.
Mr. Abbas also held a ceremony on Saturday where he presented a posthumous medal to Shireen Abou Akleh.
On Saturday, Hussein al-Sheikh, a tenor from the Palestinian Authority, said on Twitter the participation of all international bodies in the murder investigation is welcome of the journalist.
In recent months, the Israeli army has launched several operations to locate Palestinian suspects in the Jenin refugee camp, a stronghold of Palestinian armed factions where the perpetrators of the deadly violence originated. attack on Israel.
Source: Radio-Canada
