NEW : Tourism minister : Security officials weigh whether to attack captors inside Somalia . Comment: Kenyan mediators enter Somalia to find out kidnappers ' requests . The kidnapped woman is `` a kind and gentle person , '' an acquaintance says . `` We advise against all but essential travel to coastal areas within 150 km of the Somali border , following two attacks by armed gangs in small boats against beach resorts in the Lamu area on 11 September and 1 October 2011 , '' the statement said . She was taken by Somali bandits , Kenya 's security minister says .
NEW : Tourism minister : Security officials weigh whether to attack captors inside Somalia . Comment: Kenyan mediators enter Somalia to find out kidnappers ' requests . The kidnapped woman is `` a kind and gentle person , '' an acquaintance says . She was taken by Somali bandits , Kenya 's security minister says .