Translation for "attackers were" to spanish

Attackers were

• los atacantes fueron
• atacantes eran

Translation examples

atacantes eran

Just that his attackers were human and they were making a statement about who runs things around here.
Que sus atacantes eran humanos. Que estaban haciendo llegar un mensaje a quién dirige este lugar.

How many attackers were they?
¿Cuántos atacantes eran?