Woman and man brutally caned outside mosque in Indonesia for being ‘seen too close to each other’

The pair, along with four other men, were whipped outside a mosque as a punishment dealt out by the local ‘Sharia Police’.
A WOMAN screamed in agony and collapsed as she was brutally caned outside a mosque in Indonesia.

Nur Elita was whipped by a masked man infront of a cheering crowd

She was being punished by Sharia Police for being ‘in close proximity’ to a man she wasn’t married to.
The man, a fellow university student, was also beaten outside the mosque in Banda Aceh after the couple allegedly showed affectionate behaviour towards one another.

The deputy mayor of the province said the punishments were 'a lesson to everyone'

 Nur Elita was frogmarched into the yard of the Baiturrahumim Mosque while a crowd of hundreds cheered as she was forced to her knees and savagely whipped five times with a cane by a masked man.

She cried out in agony as the horrific punishment was dealt out

After the flogging she could be seen collapsed on the floor in agony before being carried off the stage to an ambulance and rushed to hospital. The man received the same punishment but was forced to stand through his ordeal.

She had apparently got 'too close" to a fellow student

The pair had apparently committed an offence known as ‘khalwat’ which prohibits those that aren’t spouses from getting too close to each other. Four other men were also caned for gambling which is also outlawed under the strict Sharia Law enforced in the territory.

Nur Elita collapsed after her brutal ordeal and had to be rushed to hospital

Before the ceremony commenced the deputy mayor of Banda Aceh, Zainal Arfin told the gathered crowd that the public canings were a warning to everyone. He said: “Take these punishments as a lesson.

“What has been done by these convicts should not be taken as an example and I hope these canings today will be their last ever.”

The province is the only one in Indonesia which enforces Sharia Law which they introduced in 2003 after the central government granted it special autonomy status.