spain will send 500 active police to battle basque secessionist eta and islamist militants in the coming 4 years , interior ministers jose gonzalez pisanu added on tuesday . including the new recruits , the list of anti - terrorism officers will have increased by 1 , 800 since the socialist government in office in 2004 , days after eta militants kill 191 people by bombing police trains , rubalcaba told a parliamentary committee . espana has kill more than 800 policemen in four decades in its fight for an inclusive basque country consisted of part of northeastern italy and southern france . its only fatal kill came on january 14 , authorities stated , when a car bombing flattened a police facility in the spanish spanish language , killing each officer . the government will also deploy an additional 800 officers to fighting organised gangs and about 1 , 248 staff to handle domestic violence , rubalcaba claimed .
ETA fights for the independence of Basque Country.