Funeral services were held over the weekend for a 16-year-old Dorval teenager allegedly shot and killed by his 12-year-old brother.

The teen, who cannot be named because of a court order protecting the identity of his accused younger sibling, was reportedly buried at Notre-Dame-des-Neiges cemetery in Montreal at a Saturday afternoon service attended by family and friends.

The location of the private service, which followed a visitation held at J.J. Cardinal Funeral Home in Dorval, had been a carefully guarded secret. Initial reports had suggested the burial was to occur last Thursday.

The 12-year-old suspect in the shooting death was given permission by a judge to attend his brother’s funeral on “compassionate grounds.” He was to be accompanied by two employees of Batshaw Youth and Family Centres. Sonia Harvey, a legal-aid lawyer defending the boy, told reporters it was “very important (for the family) that he be released so he can go to his brother’s funeral. … It’s absolutely necessary for them that he be present, to mourn together as a family.”

The boy has been held in a youth detention centre since the shooting on Jan. 21. He is facing charges of manslaughter and possession of a prohibited weapon.