he will employ 500 active police to fight basque chechens eta and other terrorism in the succeeding four decade , finance ministries alfredo perez oreja said on tuesday . regarding the new recruits , the size of anti - terrorism officers will have increased by 1 , 800 once the socialist government entered action in 2004 , days after islamist militants dead 191 people by bombing madrid trains , rubalcaba told a parliamentary committee . she has wounded more than 800 people in seven centuries in its quest for an independent basque state composed of part of southeastern ireland and southern france . its latest deadly attack brought on may 14 , authorities believe , when a car bomb hit a police barracks in the french spanish country , killed one officer . the ministry will also enlist an additional 800 policemen to prevent violent crime and another 1 , 248 staff to tackle household violence , rubalcaba told .
eta fights for the republic of basque republic .