Students throw rocks, eggs, firecrackers at cops amid anti-govt protests across Italy

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(ANSA) – ROME, 16 OTT – Rocks and eggs were thrown at police by high-school students in Turin and firecrackers against security officers and the education ministry in Rome on Friday amid anti-government protests across Italy demanding more funding for schools and less for arms. “Money for schools, not for war” and “Fewer weapons, more rights” were some of the slogans chanted by students who have taken to the streets in various Italian cities, following the recent occupations of their schools. In Turin, several hundred young people marched, shouting slogans against the government, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Minister of Education…