Bangladesh, July 13 -- The gunman who admitted killing 51 devotees in a mass shooting at two New Zealand mosques, will represent himself when he will be sentenced in next month.

Brenton Harrison Tarrant had pleaded guilty in March to 51 charges of murder, 40 of attempted murder and one charge of engaging in a terrorist act for the shootings targeting people praying at the two mosques in the city of Christchurch in 2019.

His sentencing hearing, delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, is scheduled to begin in Christchurch on August 24.

The hearing could last more than three days.

The date was confirmed at a High Court session in Christchurch on Monday that was attended by some shooting survivors.

Tarrant's defense team, lawyers Shane Tait...