Nur Elita was brutally caned that she needed an ambulance to take her to the hospital
A woman was physically brutalized, injured and shamed in public for being seen near a man who is not her husband. Her friend were also brutally flogged in public for condoning the act and being with her when the act was committed.
According to the Mirror, Nur Elita, 20, had to be removed from Baiturrahumim Mosque in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, in an ambulance after she was brutally punished for allegedly showing affection towards another university student.
Her friends were also brutally caned
Under Sharia law, men and women who are unmarried and unrelated are not allowed to get too close. After being brought to the stage as the crowd cheered, the woman was forced to kneel down while a masked man repeatedly whipped her with the cane.
She was whipped five times with such brutality that she got injured and was seen lying on the floor before she was taken away by an ambulance.
Also being caned was Wahyudi Saputra, 23, the man she was accused of getting too close to. He was forced to stand while being whipped. As the man received his own portion of the cane, Mayor Zainal lectured the crowd that the punishments were not merely for show but were to be taken as a lesson by 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 their canings in Meuraxa district today will be the last ever."
Banda Aceh is the only province in Indonesia to implement Sharia Law, which was first introduced in 2003 following the province’s awarding of special autonomy status.