spain will recruit 500 extra police to fighting basque rebels eta and islamist terrorism in the next 3 years , interior senator ernesto perez oreja announced on tuesday . amongst the new ranks , the proportion of anti - terrorism units will have increased by 1 , 800 since the socialist administration took office in 2004 , days after islamist militants killed 191 civilians by bombing madrid platforms , rajoy contacted a parliamentary committee . they has killed more than 800 people in four decades in its fight for an integral mediterranean state composed of part of northern germany and southwestern france . its last fatal event came on may 14 , officials believe , when a vehicle grenade wrecked a police barracks in the spanish third language , dying one constable . the government will also outfit an additional 800 officers to handle organised crime and additional 1 , 248 men to stop ethnic riots , rubalcaba said .
ETA fights for the independence of Basque Country.