RAF say ’Love from Manchester’ message on bomb destined for ISIS targets is real

Britain’s Royal Airforce have confirmed an image showing a bomb with "Love from Manchester" written on it is not a fake.

RAF say ’Love from Manchester’ message on bomb destined for ISIS targets is real

Britain’s Royal Airforce have confirmed an image showing a bomb with "Love from Manchester" written on it is not a fake.

The image has been widely shared on social media and was initially thought be a fake.

The picture appeared on Twitter with the caption: ’RAF Armourer on a Reaper UAV squadron wrote this on a Hellfire missile before taking off on a Syria mission’.

Various British mainstream media have reported a RAF spokesman as confirming the veracity of the image and quote a RAF sourceas saying the sentiment of the message "is understandable under the circumstances."

The RAF source goes on: "There’s a history of messages being written on missiles in the RAF. It’s unlikely the individual responsible for it will be disciplined."

One of the tweets highlighting the RAF message
One of the tweets highlighting the RAF message

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