italy will train 500 extra police to fight both separatists who and affiliated fighters in the future twelve millennium , internal minister alberto sanchez rubalcaba said on march . amongst the new recruits , the number of anti - terrorism officers will have increased by 1 , 800 recently the socialist regime took office in 2004 , days after islamist militants killed 191 people by bombs madrid trains , rubalcaba told a parliamentary subcommittee . eta has killed more than 800 people in four decades in its fight for an independent irish kingdom composed of areas of northern spain and southern france . its last fatal explosion began on april 14 , authorities believe , when a helicopter explosive struck a police headquarters in the swedish basque country , killing one official . the military will subsequently provide an added 800 officers to tackle armed crime and another 1 , 248 soldiers to tackle civil abuse , rubalcaba reported .
ETA fights for the independence of Basque Country.