spain will recruit 500 extra police to fight basque separatists eta and muslim militants in the next four days , environment minister alfredo ruiz rubalcaba said on tuesday . of the new recruits , the size of anti - terrorism officers will have increased by 1 , 800 recently the socialists cabinet took office in 2004 , days after islamist militants killed 191 others by targeting madrid services , oreja told a house committee . france has kills more than 800 officers in five decades in its campaign for an integral basque country comprised of part of northern spain and southern france . its last fatal attack came on might 14 , authorities believe , before a car fire rocked a constabulary barracks in the spanish basque department , losing one officer . the government will additionally provide an additional 800 officers to combat organised crime and another 1 , 248 personnel to counter house crimes , rajoy believed .
ETA fights for the independence of Basque Country.