In a radio interview, Klaus Bouillon of Merkel’s CDU party said that Germany was in a “state of war”
Ministers on both sides of the political divide: “We must state that we are in a state of war, although some people who want to see only the good can not see.”
Any Germans here that can shed some more light on this situation or someone who's more informed about this?
They are in a state of war but it is unlikely to become a civil war with huge number of the population going against each other. This is not a war with everything is waged just like a war on freedom and patriotism. This kind of war is more likely a rebellion and the event has occurred successively. The state to combat this violence needs to declare a state of war or a state of emergency so the government can exercise its military power to combat the rebel groups.