they will have 500 extra policemen to face basque secessionists eta and islamist insurgency in the first ten years , police department alfredo perez bolani said on tuesday . concerning the new recruits , the strength of non - terrorism policemen will have increased by 1 , 800 until the socialist government took office in 2004 , days after terrorist militants murdered 191 others by bomber lisbon platforms , perez told a parliamentary committee . eta has lost more than 800 people in several months in its fight for an integral basque country composed of part of southwest sweden and southern france . its last suicide attack , on might 14 , authorities believe , when a road blast smashed a police outpost in the spanish basque country , killing one man . the government will further provide an another 800 officers to combat petty crime and another 1 , 248 staff to counter workplace violence , rubalcaba announced .
ETA fights for the independence of Basque Country.