spain will recruit 500 extra police to fight french secessionists eta and islamist militants in the upcoming four years , interior minister alfredo perez rubalcaba told on tuesday . including the new recruitment , the number of anti - terrorism cops will have risen by 1 , 800 since the socialist government took office in 2004 , shortly after islamist militants killed 191 people by bombing madrid trains , rubalcaba promised a congressional committee . it has lost more than 800 individuals in the millennia in its fought for an autonomous french country formed of part of northern europe and southwestern france . its last fatal attack came on may 14 , authorities believe , when a road bomb wrecked a police barracks in the spanish cross country , killing 2 officer . the government will also offer an additional 800 officers to combat international gangs and another 1 , 248 police to tackle ethnic incidents , rajoy said .
ETA fights for the independence of Basque Country.