Israeli riot police attack Palestinian mourners as they carry Shireen Abu Akleh's casket to her funeral
Israeli police attack mourners as they carry the casket of slain Al Jazeera veteran journalist Shireen Abu Akleh during her funeral in east Jerusalem, Friday, May 13, 2022
ISRAELI riot police attacked Palestinian mourners in occupied East Jerusalem today as they carried the casket of the Al Jazeera journalist killed by Israeli snipers earlier this week.
Thousands gathered in occupied East Jerusalem’s Old City in the morning to attend the final part of the three-day memorial for Shireen Abu Akleh.
The Palestinian journalist was shot in the head while she and her colleagues were covering an Israeli raid on a Palestinian refugee camp in Jenin on Wednesday.
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