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Israeli police use stun¹ grenades and hit mourners at procession for slain² journalist

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Israeli police fought to block a funeral march for Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh just outside of the Old City of Jerusalem.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

The funeral of a Palestinian American journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, took place today just outside the old city of Jerusalem. She was shot to death Wednesday while covering violence between Palestinians and Israeli forces. Her funeral, which began earlier today, began with chaos⁴ of its own, with Israeli police attacking the pallbearers of her casket. NPR's Daniel Estrin is in Jerusalem. Hey there, Daniel.

DANIEL ESTRIN, BYLINE⁵: Hi, Steve.

INSKEEP: Where are you? And what have you seen?

ESTRIN: Right now, I'm in a very peaceful place, right at the entrance to the Greek Orthodox cemetery⁶ where Shireen Abu Akleh was buried. But earlier today, there were some pretty ugly images from the hospital where her body was being held. Palestinians wanted to carry her body in a procession up a major road. That's tradition, to carry the body to be buried. Israeli police had arranged that her body be taken to the cemetery in a car. And so there was a disagreement. And forces charged at the pallbearers. Special police forces were beating people in the crowds. At one point, a police officer called on crowds to stop chanting, quote, "nationalist songs." And police fired stun grenades in the crowd. So there were some scenes of chaos, police grabbing Palestinian flags away from some marchers here and there. But then there were other scenes of just thousands of people in crowds flowing through the old city, the walled, old city of Jerusalem, and to this cemetery where she was buried. When she was being buried and put in the ground, churches of different denominations⁸ were ringing their bells in kind of a show of Christian⁹ denomination⁷ unity¹⁰.

INSKEEP: Did that chaos you described reflect the broader attitude and the broader tension in Jerusalem today?

ESTRIN: Oh, yes. I mean, there is still large disagreement about who shot Shireen Abu Akleh.

(SOUNDBITE OF CHURCH BELL RINGING)

ESTRIN: The Israeli army - and now you can hear one of those church bells ringing right next to the cemetery.

INSKEEP: Right.

ESTRIN: But earlier today, the Israeli army completed its initial inquiry¹¹ into who shot Shireen Abu Akleh. The army says they've narrowed it down to two possibilities, a Palestinian gunman firing at an Israeli army vehicle and an Israeli soldier firing at the gunman from - with his rifle from inside that army vehicle. The army went back to the scene of where that clash took place a couple of days ago to reenact what happened, to collect evidence. That turned into another gun battle with Palestinians in a separate place. An Israeli officer was killed in a separate gun battle and about a dozen Palestinians were wounded. But regarding who killed Abu Akleh, the army has the rifle. The bullet fired from it would have a telltale sign of which rifle, whether it was the Israeli army or not. That bullet is with the Palestinian Authority.

INSKEEP: And is the Palestinian Authority willing to cooperate in the investigation¹²?

ESTRIN: Well, Palestinian officials have done their own investigation that continues. But they refuse Israeli requests to hand over the bullet. Israel even requests a joint¹³ look at the bullet with an American official present because Abu Akleh was a U.S. citizen. I met the Palestinian ambassador to the United Kingdom, Husam Zomlot - he was walking back from the funeral today - and asked him what kind of investigation the Palestinian Authority would accept. He said they would only accept handing the evidence to the International Criminal Court. They don't trust Israel.

INSKEEP: We're listening to NPR's Daniel Estrin. He's in Jerusalem. We're hearing in the background one of the church bells on this day of the funeral for Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian American journalist. Daniel, thank you.

ESTRIN: Thank you.

1 stun   

vt.打昏，使昏迷，使震惊，使惊叹

参考例句：

• When they told me she had gone missing I was totally stunned.他们告诉我她不见了时，我当时完全惊呆了。
• Sam stood his ground and got a blow that stunned him.萨姆站在原地，被一下打昏了。

2 slain   

杀死，宰杀，杀戮( slay的过去分词 )； (slay的过去分词)

参考例句：

• The soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在战斗中牺牲了的战士。
• His boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false Amulius. 他的儿子被奸诈的阿缪利乌斯杀死了。

3 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

4 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

5 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

6 cemetery   

n.坟墓，墓地，坟场

参考例句：

• He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
• His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。

7 denomination   

n.命名，取名，(度量衡、货币等的)单位

参考例句：

• The firm is still operating under another denomination.这家公司改用了名称仍在继续营业。
• Litre is a metric denomination.升是公制单位。

8 denominations   

n.宗派( denomination的名词复数 )；教派；面额；名称

参考例句：

• Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
• The service was attended by Christians of all denominations. 这次礼拜仪式各教派的基督徒都参加了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

10 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

11 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。

12 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

13 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。