In this task, you are given a sentence in the Japanese language and your task is to convert it into the English language. In translation, keep numbers as it is and make it sentence case (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and noun).

現場近くの目撃者と警察は、反乱兵らがヘリに向けて砲撃を始めた時、少なくとも2機のアパッチヘリが一緒に飛んでおり、そのうちの1機を追撃、もう1機は撃たれたものの、飛び去ることができたと語る。
Witnesses near the scene and police say that at least 2 Apaches were flying together when insurgents began to shoot at the choppers, shooting one of them down and hitting the other, but the helicopter still managed to fly away.

「獣医師の証言は調査の重要な部分だ」
"Statements by veterinary surgeons are a significant part of the investigation." 

社会党からの候補、セゴレーヌ・ロワイヤルはすぐさま返答し、彼の提案は”恥ずべき”もので、社会の富裕層に対する減税は、すでに存在する国の社会的区分を悪化させると評した。

Reaction from Socialist candidate Ségolène Royal was immediate in describing his proposal as "scandalous" and that tax reductions on the richest on society would aggravate the already existing social divisions in the country.