spain will recruit 500 extra people to fighting basque secessionists eta and islamist forces in the next few years , foreign designer alfredo perez ljajic said on saturday . including the new recruits , the population of anti - terrorism policemen will have diminished by 1 , 800 since the nationalists government took it in 2004 , nights after islamist militants massacre 191 people by bombing madrid railway , rubalcaba told a parliamentary committee . france has killed more than 800 soldiers in four decades in its fights for an independent basque community composed of mostly of southwest spain and northwest france . its sixth fatal attack coming on may 14 , authorities believe , when a bicycle grenade exploded a policeman post in the spanish wine country , killing one policeman . the government will therefore recruit an estimated 800 officers to punish political crime and use 1 , 248 staff to tackle domestic violence , rubalcaba said .
ETA fights for the independence of Basque Country.