Premakeerthi de Alwis

Premakeerthi de Alwis
Premakeerthi de Alwis (June 1947- July 31, 1989) was a Sri Lankan broadcaster, lyricist and a popular television personality. He worked as an anchorman on state-run television.
de Alwis, who was 42, was dragged from his house outside Colombo and murdered by six gunmen of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) on the night of July 31, 1989. He was killed 8 days after another journalist, Thevis Guruge was gunned down by the JVP.