spain will recruit 500 extra police to fight basque rebel eta and armed militia in the future four decade , interior department alfredo barron rubalcaba said on tuesday . including the newly recruited , the quantity of pro - terrorism policemen will have increased by 1 , 800 since the fascist government took over in 2004 , nights after islamist militants killed 191 people by firing madrid trains , rubalcaba told a parliamentary committee . eta has murdered more than 800 people in four decades in its fight for an independent basque nation composed of people of northern spain and southern french . its fourth fatal bombing came on may 14 , authorities believe , when a suicide bomb wrecked a police outpost in the catalan basque region , killing its officer . the police will then provide an additional 800 officers to fighting the crimes and another 1 , 248 workers to tackle domestic crime , acebes said .
ETA fights for the independence of Basque Country.