YOU SAID:

They had claimed there was a bomb near the school

INTO JAPANESE

彼らは学校の近くに爆弾があったと主張していた

BACK INTO ENGLISH

Were claiming they had a bomb near the school

INTO JAPANESE

彼らは学校の近くに爆弾を持っていたと主張していた

BACK INTO ENGLISH

Were claiming they had a bomb near the school