Image of Isis-bound missile labelled 'love from Manchester' a fake

An image of a missile believed to be destined for ISIS targets which had the words “love from Manchester” scrawled on the side has been exposed as a hoax.

The picture, reportedly shared by Australian Senator James McGrath in a Tweet that has since been deleted, showed the bomb on the side of an RAF plane.

The Senator wrote: “The RAF heading towards an ISIS target have scrawled a message for the recipients. Good.”

But he has since deleted the post after it emerged the image was fake.

It had been suggested that the missile had been daubed with the message in response to a suicide bombing in Manchester that left 22 dead.

Terror-group ISIS have since claimed responsibility for the attack.

But the image was debunked by the duty editor of social news site Storyful – Stephanie Burnett – who noted pixels around the edge of the writing suggested it had been mocked-up.

She wrote: “The "Love from #Manchester" RAF missile photo circulating was manipulated. Note text pixels when zooming in.

“Journos take care. #debunk #fake.”