Crowd cheers as woman is brutally caned for being seen near man who wasn't her husband[PHOTOS]

Nur Elita, 20, had to be taken away in an ambulance after being beaten in public outside her mosque under Sharia law

A crowd cheered as a young woman screamed in agony as she was repeatedly canedin punishment for being in 'close proximity' to a man she wasn't married to.

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.

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 received five lashes and at the end of the punishment could be seen lying on the floor doubled over in pain.

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.

Four other men were also forced to endure the punishment for gambling, which is also outlawed under Sharia law.

According to the Jakarta Post , the caning ceremony was carried out in front of the deputy mayor of Banda Aceh Zainal Arifin.

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.