Belfast, United Kingdom: Northern Irish police said Thursday an image posted on social media that appeared to show a person dressed as a Hamas militant at a Halloween festival may have been created by AI.

The image showed a person in a square in Londonderry holding a toy weapon and wearing combat gear with a Palestinian flag badge, a balaclava and a headband with "Hamas" -- designated as a proscribed terrorist organization in the UK -- written in Arabic on it.

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