The brother of slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh blasted the violent intervention by Israeli police into her funeral as 'unacceptable and unjustifiable.'
Jerusalem The brother of slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh Monday blasted the violent intervention by Israeli police into her funeral as"unacceptable and unjustifiable."
"They could have easily blocked the road if they didn't want to see the funeral leave the hospital but the attack was intentional and brutal," Tony Abu Akleh told CNN.Speaking at St. Joseph Hospital in East Jerusalem, where Friday's funeral procession began, he said he had spoken to Israeli police before the event."The police called me and asked me to go to the police station and they wanted to know the route of the procession and the arrangements taken for the funeral.
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