Australian nurse Kirsty Boden who was killed by three terrorists on Saturday night. Image: Family release via Met Police.

The family of Guys Hospital nurse Kirsty Boden say ‘As she ran towards danger in an effort to help people on the bridge Kirsty sadly lost her life. We are so proud of Kirsty’s brave actions.’

Her heroic attempt to save life ended in her murder by three terrorists on Saturday night.

She has been described by Dame Eileen Sils as ‘one in a million who always went the extra mile for the patients in her care.’

Statement released by Guy’s and St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust.

Kirsty was 28 years old from Loxton in South Australia.

In a statement released through the Metropolitan Police her family said:

Kirsty was loved and adored by her family, friends and boyfriend. She was the most outgoing, kind and generous person who loved to help people. Helping people was what she loved to do in her job as a nurse and in her daily life.

As she ran towards danger, in an effort to help people on the bridge, Kirsty sadly lost her life. We are so proud of Kirsty’s brave actions which demonstrate how selfless, caring and heroic she was, not only on that night, but throughout all of her life. Kirsty – we love you and we will miss you dearly.

We will not be making any further comments on this tragedy and ask everyone, especially the media, to give us the privacy we need to grieve away from the public eye.

Appeal from the Metropolitan Police for witnesses and information about Saturday’s attack.

Detectives would like to hear from anyone who has any info about these men that may assist the investigation #LondonBridge #BoroughMarket pic.twitter.com/vicNZpzuNV

— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 6, 2017

All three #LondonBridge #BoroughMarket attackers now named by police.Please contact us with any info about these men https://t.co/fRuWy2tAHh pic.twitter.com/HFDOP0Bx1D

— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 6, 2017

"I can't let anger win" – former girlfriend of James McMullan, thought to have died in the London attacks https://t.co/rRyubKndpJ pic.twitter.com/zGVJnnjkxK

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) June 6, 2017

It was an honour to join @LDN_Ambulance staff in a minute’s silence to remember those hurt and killed in Saturday's attack. pic.twitter.com/h59AxrY68w

— Mayor of London (@MayorofLondon) June 6, 2017

"Fuck you- I'm Millwall." The man who fought all three London Bridge terrorists with his fists. Honour Roy Larner. https://t.co/yQTyzuZl40

— Tony Parsons (@TonyParsonsUK) June 6, 2017