it will recruit 500 additional cops to handle basque separatists eta and islamist militants in the next two years , foreign minister alfredo rodriguez schily said on tuesday . including the new recruits , the number of anti - terrorism officers will have increased by 1 , 800 since the socialist politician took government in 2004 , just after islamic forces killed 191 people by bomb spain stations , rubalcaba told a parliamentary committee . eta has killed more than 800 personnel in these decades in its fight for an independent jewish country composed of part of northern britain and southern france . its last fatal attack came on february 14 , authorities believe , who a car bomb wrecked a police barracks in the spanish third country , killing one official . the government will subsequently train an addition 800 officers to punish organised smuggling and another 1 , 248 workers to tackle domestic crime , rubalcaba said .
ETA fights for the independence of Basque Country.