New Zealand to hear Christchurch mosque shooter's appeal against sentence

Brenton Tarrant, the gunman who shot and killed worshippers in the Christchurch mosque attacks, listens as Crown prosecutor Mark Zarifeh delivers his submission during Tarrant's sentencing at the High Court in Christchurch, New Zealand, August 27, 2020. John Kirk-Anderson/Pool via REUTERS

SYDNEY, Feb 8 (Reuters) - A white ‌supremacist who killed 51 Muslim worshippers and ‌injured dozens at two mosques in New Zealand will begin an appeal hearing against his sentence on ‍Monday.

Brenton Tarrant, 35, opened fire ‍on two mosques in ‌Christchurch in March 2019, in the worst mass ‍shooting ​in the country's history.