Israel has arrested one of the pallbearers of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh, police stated Thursday, however rejected his legal professional’s declare that the detention turned into related to his function on the funeral.
In a raid that has sparked global outrage, baton-wielding Israeli police beat numerous pallbearers as they carried the journalist’s coffin out of a health center in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem.
Abu Akleh turned into shot lifeless at some point of an Israeli navy raid withinside the West Bank closing week.
Palestinians and the TV community stated Israeli troops killed her, even as Israel stated she can also additionally had been killed via way of means of Palestinian gunfire or a stray shot from an Israeli sniper.
A legal professional for pallbearer Amro Abu Khudeir instructed AFP that his customer have been arrested and wondered over his function on the funeral.
According to the legal professional, Khaldoun Najm, Israel additionally claimed to have “a mystery record on (Khudeir’s) club of a terrorist organisation”.
“I assume they’ll arrest greater younger guys who participated withinside the funeral,” Najm stated. “For them, the difficulty of the funeral and the coffin turned into scandalous.”
Police disregarded any hyperlink among the funeral and Khudeir’s arrest.
“We are witnessing an try to produce a conspiracy this is essentially incorrect,” a assertion stated. “The suspect turned into arrested as a part of an ongoing research which opposite to allegations, had not anything to do together along with his participation withinside the funeral procession.”
Police justifications for the raid at St. Joseph’s health center have varied.
They have referred to the want to stamp out “nationalistic” chants and additionally stated that “rioters” most of the mourners hurled projectiles at officers.
Israeli forces regularly crack down on presentations of Palestinian identity, inclusive of the country wide flag, one in every of which turned into draped over Abu Akleh’s coffin.
Police have vowed to analyze the arguable incident.
