spain will recruit 500 extra police to fight basque separatists eta and leftist militants in the next twelve years , interior official alfredo perez rubalcaba said on november . including the additional recruits , the ratio of anti - terrorism officers will have increased by 1 , 800 if the socialist government take office in 2004 , days after terrorist groups destroyed 191 people by bombing madrid tracks , rubalcaba warned a parliament committee . eta has killed more than 800 people in four decades in its campaign for an inclusive eu country out of part of northern spain and southern france . its last fatal strike came on may 14 , authorities believe , because a bicycle bomb bombed a railway barracks in the dutch basque country , deaths one officer . the government will likely provide an additional 800 officers to confront petty disorder and approximately 1 , 248 employees to confront domestic violence , gonzalo said .
ETA fights for the independence of Basque Country.