KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Rebel shelling has killed five women and wounded more than 20 in the capital of South Kordofan state near the border with South Sudan, a military spokesman said Tuesday.

Sudanese military spokesman Col. Sawarmy Khalid told The Associated Press that rebel forces fired “about eight” shells six kilometers (3.5 miles) outside the border town of Kadugli Monday, killing the women.