Aidi Yursal & Zaky Pawas, Jakarta – Lawmakers visiting the site of Wednesday's terrorist attack on a police post in Medan, North Sumatra, said they wanted the armed forces to be involved in the fight against terrorism.

The nation has so far mostly relied on the National Police's Densus 88 counterterrorism squad.

Bukhori, a member of House Commission III on legal affairs, said on Thursday that terrorism was everyone's enemy and efforts to eradicate it could not only rely on just one institution.

"Security is our common need. All institutions should be involved, including the society," he said at the Hamparan Perak Police station, the target of the attack. Bukhori, of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), also said the commission would evaluate the performance of the Densus 88.

Edi Ramli Sitanggang, another member of the commission, said the assessment would include whether the squad was following the proper procedures when engaging suspects in gunfights.

The commission said it would summon National Police Chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri to appear on Tuesday to give a briefing on the attack.

Edi agreed the Army should also be involved in the fight against terrorism and said the public should report suspicious activity in their neighborhoods.

North Sumatra Police Chief Insp. Gen. Oegroseno said he would not be seeking more personnel or weapons for precinct stations but would ask the local administration to revitalize neighborhood night patrols. He also would enlist local neighborhood figures to help guard the post.

Oegroseno dismissed speculation the attack was meant to undermine his image or that there was no coordination with Densus 88. He said the squad was cooperating well with local police, including in this week's raid that killed three police officers.

The lawmakers also visited the home of Marwan, one of two terrorist suspect wounded in a weekend police raid in Pulo Agas, just two kilometers from the police station.

Marwan, a member of the local chapter of the hard-line Indonesian Mujahedeen Council, and his in-law, Yono, were shot by officers on Saturday night. Police believe the raid on their station was in retribution for the Pulo Agas raid.

Marwan's wife, Ruswanti, told the lawmakers that two men had come to the house to see her husband but he was not at home. She had fetched Yono from his home and gone to talk to Yono's wife at the latter's home.

Ruswanti said she then heard loud noises that sounded like firecrackers coming from her house. When she went back, Yono and the three men were no longer there and the house was in a shambles, with traces of blood.