we will employ 500 regular people to face basque separatists spain and islamist rebels in the following four terms , environment minister arturo perez oreja added on tuesday . amongst the new recruited , the amount of de - terror officers will have increasing by 1 , 800 since the communist government had office in 2004 , months after islamist militants killed 191 others by bombing madrid services , rubalcaba informed a national committee . eta has killed more than 800 people in eight decades in its fight for an independent basque homeland composed of part of southwest germany and southern france . its last fatal attack came on may 14 , authorities believe , if a car bombings wrecked a police barracks in the northern basque city , killing that officer . the government will also provide an extra 800 officers to prevent political terror and another 1 , 248 staff to tackle domestic terrorism , atalay added .
ETA fights for the independence of Basque Country.