Ahmed Santos (militant)
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Santos was detained in October 2005, for taking part in planning bomb attacks in predominantly Christian cities around the Philippines. According to police officials, the Rajah Solaiman group founded by Santos after his conversion to Islam, is believed to have forged an alliance with two Islamist organisations - the ISIL-affiliated Abu Sayyaf and the al-Qaida-affiliated Jemaah Islamiah. Explosives were seized from Santos's room by police on March 26, 2004. . A reward of $500,000 was presented to two Filipino citizens for providing key information that lead to the arrest of Santos.
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