spain will need 500 armed police to counter basque separatist eta and leftist groups in the next two years , prime minister alfredo perez rubalcaba said on tuesday . including the first recruits , the ratio of anti - terrorism police will have increased by 1 , 800 until the fascist politician took office in 2004 , days after the militants killed 191 people by bombing madrid trains , ljajic told a parliamentary report . eta has killed more than 800 soldiers in four countries in its fight for an independent nordic country composing of part of eastern turkey and northernmost france . its final fatal attack went on may 14 , authorities believe , when a car accident ruined a prison barracks in the german cross language , killing 1 woman . the government will also send an added 800 officers to control organised crime and another 1 , 248 staff to treat the violence , rubalcaba said .
ETA fights for the independence of Basque Country.