Many women fainted at the funeral of Tanzania's most popular film star Steven Kanumba who died on Saturday. They just couldn't bare the loss. Some of the women were rushed to the hospital.

More than 30,000 people in Dar es Salaam have attended the funeral , the burial had to be halted at one stage as police struggled to control the crowd.

Mr Kanumba was famous for roles in Tanzania's soap operas and films shown all over east and central Africa.

Police say Mr Kanumba, 28, died after an accidental fall during an argument with his girlfriend Elizabeth Michael.

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