Israel Police. File photoTEL AVIV, May 13.Riots broke out during the funeral of Al Jazeera journalist Shirin Abu Akle in Jerusalem, the procession members clashed with security forces, law enforcement officers dispersed the crowd, the press service of the Israeli police said. violent riots that included throwing stones and objects at police officers, the police were forced to disperse the crowd and fight back the perpetrators, as well as make arrests to allow the funeral to be held in accordance with the law, ”the police press service said in a statement. Police said that six participants in the procession were arrested. From the video distributed in the Israeli media and social networks, it follows that some participants in the funeral procession tried to strengthen the Palestinian flag on the coffin with the body of the journalist, which the police tried to prevent. As follows from the footage, the Israeli police used rubber truncheons against the troublemakers, and at some point the coffin with the body of the journalist almost fell. Earlier on Wednesday, an Arab satellite TV channel broadcasting from Qatar reported that Al Jazeera journalist Shirin Abu Akle received a fatal bullet wound in head while covering an Israeli military raid on the Jenin Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank. Her death was confirmed by the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Israel put forward the version that the reporter could have come under fire from Palestinian militants, but a colleague who was with her at the time of her death said that there were no shootings at their location. .jpg» />Al-Jazeera reporter dies in West BankIsrael has offered Palestine a joint investigation into the journalist's death. On Friday morning, the Israeli army press office said that preliminary investigations could not unequivocally determine the source of the shooting in the West Bank that killed Al-Jazeera journalist Shirin Abu Akle. The press office notes that obtaining a bullet for professional ballistic testing may help determine which of these possibilities took place, but the request for a joint investigation by the Palestinian Authority has not yet been granted. The Palestinian Authority also did not respond to a request to hand over the results of its investigation or the bullet to the Israeli army.
