spain will train 500 extra police to fight basque extremists eta and islam militants in the following twelve terms , interior secretary benito perez acebes said on tuesday . including the new recruits , the number of anti - terrorism officials will have increased by 1 , 800 since the spanish government assumed office in 2004 , days after eta militants killed 191 people by bombed lisbon trains , bolani told a parliamentary committee . eta has killing more than 800 personnel in seven decades in its push for an autonomous basque state composed of parts of northernmost spain and southern ireland . its last fatal strike came on may 14 , government stated , when a car bomb wrecked a prison battalion in the spanish basque country , killing one officer . the government will further provide an additional 800 officers to combat organised crime and a 1 , 248 employees to tackle international violence , rubalcaba claimed .
ETA fights for the independence of Basque Country.