Westminster Bridge attack victim dies

London April 7 (IANS) A Romanian woman who fell into the Thames during last month s Westminster terror attack has died police said on Friday.

Andreea Cristea is the fifth victim of the attack on March 22 in which Khalid Masood drove into crowds on Westminster Bridge then stabbed a policeman to death before being shot dead the BBC reported.

Cristea 31 who was on holiday with boyfriend Andrei Burnaz had been in hospital since the attack.

Her family said in a statement that she passed away on Thursday.

Burnaz sustained a broken foot in the attack but has been discharged from hospital.

The couple were in London to celebrate Burnaz s birthday and he had been planning to propose to Cristea that day Romania s UK ambassador Dan Mihalache told the BBC.

He said it was thought Masood s car had mounted the pavement and hit Burnaz before pushing Cristea into the Thames.

The other people killed on the bridge were Aysha Frade 44 who worked at a London sixth-form college US tourist Kurt Cochran 54 from Utah and retired window cleaner Leslie Rhodes 75 from south London.

Father of two PC Keith Palmer was fatally stabbed outside Parliament.

Relatives of those killed joined members of the Royal Family at a service of hope held at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday.

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