Lethbridge police cleared over shooting Bhutanese man

Aninvestigationhas determined Lethbridge police officers were justified infatally shootinga Bhutanese man in July, 2012.

Emergency calls that day indicate Deu Raj Puri, 26, was threatening people in a home with a knife.

He refused to drop the knife when police arrived and both officers fired their guns.

Friends say Puri -- who had recently immigrated to Canada -- was mentally ill and drunk at the time.

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says Puri posed a credible threat and the officers had no choice.

ASIRT is an independent agency that probes all incidents involving police that result in death or serious injury.