spain will deploy 500 extra police to fight basque separatists eta and islamist militants in the next four years , interior ministry jimenez ruiz rubalcaba said on tuesday . including the new reinforcements , the number of ex - terrorism officers will have increased by 1 , 800 following the socialist cabinet assumed office in 2004 , days after eta militants killed 191 people by bombing madrid trains , rubalcaba tell a political session . eta has executed more than 800 people in five decades in its fought for an inclusive cross country composing of elements of northern spain and southern france . its next fatal strike fell on may 14 , authorities say , when a car bomb wrecked a police barracks in the southern basque country , shooting this officer . the governments will also provide an additional 800 officers to combat organised crime and other 1 , 248 staff to tackle industrial aggression , rubalcaba confirmed .
ETA fights for the independence of Basque Country.