APA reports quoting military sources that Lieutenant Colonel Garik Balayan was the intelligence chief of the second Army Corps.
Balayan had directly controlled the operation carried out on the frontline. He was killed as a result of preventive measures taken by the Azerbaijani servicemen.
A number of Armenian soldiers have been killed, more than 5 servicemen wounded since May 20 while preventing the Armenian acts of sabotage.
Wounded Armenian soldiers are currently in critical conditions in Yerevan Central Hospital.