Africa
4 February 2015
Last updated at 16:20 ET
The attack comes a day after a regional force said it had driven the militants from a Nigerian town near Fotokol.
The Boko Haram insurgency has left thousands dead over the last six years.
More than a million people have also been displaced by the militants, who now control a large stretch of land in north-eastern Nigeria.
Chadian offensive Residents of Fotokol interviewed by the AFP news agency said the militants had killed many people by slitting their throats.
"Boko Haram inflicted so much damage here this morning," Umar Babakalli, a resident of Fotokol, told the agency by telephone. "They have killed dozens of people."
The town's main mosque is said to have been torched.
The militants were eventually driven back by Cameroonian troops, backed by Chadian forces who had been deployed as part of a regional force in the nearby Nigerian town of Gamboru.
On Tuesday, the Chadian army said it had killed more than 200 militants in the battle to recapture Gamboru. However, it added that some of the militants had escaped its offensive.
Chadian troops have entered Nigeria and Cameroon to join the fight against Boko Haram, following widespread criticism of the Nigerian army's failure to curb the insurgency.
by Rashida Adjani and Biodun Iginla, BBC News, N'Djamena, Chad
Boko
Haram militants have reportedly killed at least 70 people in an attack
on the Cameroonian town of Fotokol, on the border with Nigeria.
The Islamist militants attacked civilians in their homes and
in the town's mosque, local officials said, setting many buildings on
fire.The attack comes a day after a regional force said it had driven the militants from a Nigerian town near Fotokol.
The Boko Haram insurgency has left thousands dead over the last six years.
More than a million people have also been displaced by the militants, who now control a large stretch of land in north-eastern Nigeria.
Chadian offensive Residents of Fotokol interviewed by the AFP news agency said the militants had killed many people by slitting their throats.
"Boko Haram inflicted so much damage here this morning," Umar Babakalli, a resident of Fotokol, told the agency by telephone. "They have killed dozens of people."
The town's main mosque is said to have been torched.
The militants were eventually driven back by Cameroonian troops, backed by Chadian forces who had been deployed as part of a regional force in the nearby Nigerian town of Gamboru.
On Tuesday, the Chadian army said it had killed more than 200 militants in the battle to recapture Gamboru. However, it added that some of the militants had escaped its offensive.
Chadian troops have entered Nigeria and Cameroon to join the fight against Boko Haram, following widespread criticism of the Nigerian army's failure to curb the insurgency.
Boko Haram
Analysis
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West Africa correspondent Thomas Fessy speaks to survivors of the Boko Haram attack on Baga to piece together what happened.
Behind Baga massacre
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Is army failing?
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Why is Boko Haram so strong?
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Who are Boko Haram?
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'Raping our daughters'
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Soldiers without weapons
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Regional threat
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Finding the truth
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Escape from Boko Haram
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Battle to free the girls
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'I saw my parents killed'
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City under siege
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Girl bombers
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Deadliest phase
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Shadowy leader
From other news sites
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Bangkok Post* Boko Haram kills dozens in rampage after Chad offensive 1 hr ago
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Sky News Australia Boko Haram goes on 'rampage' in Nigeria 1 hr ago
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Bangladesh Daily Star Chad takes on Boko Haram 3 hrs ago
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ABC Online Boko Haram militants go on rampage in Cameroonian town after offensive by Chad troops 6 hrs ago
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IAfrica.com Boko Haram attacks Cameroon 7 hrs ago
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