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What we know of the five people who lost their lives

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Andreea Cristea

The Romanian tourist was on Westminste­r Bridge with her partner Andrei Burnaz when the car driven by Khalid Masood ploughed into them. Ms Cristea, 31, was thrown into the River Thames and subsequent­ly suffered a blood clot on the brain. Life support was withdrawn around two weeks after. She was buried in Romania in May.

Leslie Rhodes

The pensioner from Clapham, London, died at King’s College Hospital on the night after the attack after life support was withdrawn. Friends and family described the retired window cleaner said to have once cleaned Sir Winston Churchill’s windows - as a “gentleman” with a love of music and cricket. Mr Rhodes, 75, had been at a hospital appointmen­t when he was caught up in the atrocity on

Westminste­r Bridge.

Kurt Cochran

The US tourist, 54, from Utah died on the bridge. He and his wife Melissa, on the last day of a trip celebratin­g their 25th wedding anniversar­y, were visiting her parents, who are serving as Mormon missionari­es in London. The couple have two sons aged in their 20s.

Aysha Frade

The 44-year-old mother of two, who worked in administra­tion at sixth-form school DLD College London, also died on the bridge. She was described by her family as a “caring daughter, loving sister, amazing wife, irreplacea­ble aunt, thoughtful, supportive friend and the best and coolest of mummies”.her family is well known in Betanzos, Spain, where her sisters run an English language academy.

Pc Keith Palmer

The 48-year-old husband and father was stabbed to death in the attack. He was praised as a “strong, profession­al public servant” who served in the military before joining the Met’s parliament­ary and diplomatic protection command. He served as a reservist from August 1987 to August 2001, leaving as a bombardier, and had 15 years of service as a police officer.

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