A Kenyan man plays with his daughters on the shores of Shela Island in Lamu, October 1, 2011, near the beach home of a disabled French woman held hostage. Kenyan coastguards were locked in a high-seas standoff on Saturday with gunmen holding a disabled French woman hostage and the abductors fired warning shots in the air, a government minister said. The elderly victim's Kenyan boyfriend, Lepapa, said six masked gunmen armed with assault rifles stormed their private beach house on Manda island under the cover of darkness, first rounding up the staff who they marched at gun-point to the main living quarters. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (KENYA - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW)