STEPANAKERT. – A lieutenant colonel killed in ceasefire violation by Azerbaijani side has been identified.

Garik Badalyan was killed by Azerbaijani sniper's bullet on Monday in the southern direction of the line of contact between Karabakh and Azerbaijan.

The Defense Ministry of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic expresses condolences to the family, relatives, and colleagues of the serviceman.

An investigation is underway, NKR Defense Army reported.

As reported earlier,  Ashot Grigoryan (born in 1994) was wounded in his arm by Azerbaijani sniper while performing a combat duty at the military positions in the southern direction of the line of contact.