spain will recruit 500 volunteer police to fight alongside separatists eta and turkish militants in the coming four years , interior minister alfredo perez atalay said on march . included the new recruits , the number of anti - terrorism members will have increased by 1 , 800 following the socialist government took office in 2004 , shortly after islamist insurgents killed 191 police by bombing madrid trains , schily told a parliamentary committee . eta has killed more than 800 men in four decades in its fight for an independent nordic country consists of part of northern france and southern spain . its last death attack went on may 14 , police suspect , when a car bomber wrecked a police post in the spanish basque town , kills one officer . the military will also recruit an additional 800 personnel to combat organised crime and another 1 , 248 troops to tackle domestic violence , rubalcaba said .
ETA fights for the independence of Basque Country.