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No Israeli police to be punished for attacking Abu Akleh funeral

Israeli police attacked mourners as they carried the coffin of slain veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh [File: Maya Levin/AP]

An Israeli police investigation into the attack by its officers on mourners at the funeral of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh has concluded that no one should be punished, despite finding that there had been police misconduct, sources have told the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

The attack on the pallbearers at the funeral, which almost caused them to drop Abu Akleh’s coffin, was broadcast live around the world, and caused international outrage at what appeared to be an unprovoked assault.

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