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

(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 Giuseppe Valditara, and general-turned-politician Roberto Vannacci, the leader of the new far-right party National Future (FnV). Demonstrations also took place in Genoa, Venice, Padua, and Treviso. In Cagliari, the protest was dubbed a "No Meloni Day." During the tudent march currently underway in Rome, near Via Marmorata, several hooded individuals threw improvised explosive devices (firecrackers and small homemade bombs) and pushed waste containers into the middle of the street to block it. Bottles, improvised explosive devices, and the contents of fire extinguishers were hurled toward the security personnel overseeing the student march in Rome. According to the police headquarters, this action was carried out by a small group of masked protesters. In Verona, a group of students from the Giorgi State Institute set fire to five waste containers and an electric scooter parked nearby. Reports indicate that this was not merely a prank, but an act of protest following disciplinary measures imposed by the school administration in response to several fights that had broken out in the classrooms. (ANSA).
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