LONGUEUIL — Zara Adel said she was in disbelief when she found out police on Montreal’s South Shore had fatally shot 15-year-old Nooran Rezayi.

Just like the young victim, the 11-year-old girl is Afghan, so it hit close to home.

“I came here to pay respects to the family,” she said Sunday, her aunt and young brother by her side, as she attended a protest in Longueuil, Que., held in the boy’s honour.

Rezayi was shot dead by police in the suburb last Sunday.

The police service says it happened as officers were responding to a 911 call about a group of youth in a residential area that the force says was armed.

Adel said she thinks the officer that pulled the trigger should be put in jail.

“What if it happened to your brother, your family?” the girl said. “It’s not fair.”

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