[carumba]

...interested in what was in that vial!

I have seen hydrochloric, acetic, and sulfuric acid stored in glass vials with ground glass stoppers. The concentrated stuff is usually locked in a storage cabinet and so this stuff might have been diluted

[LibertyRocks]

One can only hope it was something that innocuous... Even though acid can be dangerous.

I find it interesting that the paper didn't mention they were students, and there was no mention of what the vial contained - that's all pretty relevant to this story, IMHO. Don't know if it was just bad reporting or if they didn't want to call attention to the events - if they didn't want the attention though why report it at all?