With the following sentence:
西東京市内では昨年12月〜今年2月、男が空き缶などに入れた唾液を女子高生の制服や頭に直接かける事件がほかに3件発生。
Does
空き缶などに入れた
modify唾液
?Does it mean
唾液
was put in an empty can?
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西東京市内では昨年12月〜今年2月、男が空き缶などに入れた唾液を女子高生の制服や頭に直接かける事件がほかに3件発生。
Does 空き缶などに入れた
modify 唾液
?
Does it mean 唾液
was put in an empty can?
(1) Does 空き缶などに入れた modify 唾液?
Yes.
(2) Does it mean 唾液 was put in an empty can?
No. It means "spit that was put in an empty can".