The World - News from Feb. 18, 1986
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Leftist guerrillas claimed responsibility for the weekend slaying of American Peter Stryker Hascall in San Salvador, rebel radio reported. Hascall, 35, who had lived in San Salvador for five years, died of a bullet wound in the chest Saturday. The rebels charged that Hascall was one of 55 U.S. trainers of the Salvadoran army. However, a U.S. Embassy official said he was a seaman who may have worked as an adviser to the Salvadoran navy.
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