Nairobi , Kenya ( CNN ) -- An English tourist kidnapped from a remote Kenyan resort is being held by pirates in a remote corner of Somalia , according to experts and security analysts in Nairobi . `` Gangs from Southern Somalia took her up the coast and then moved her several times , '' said Andrew Mwangura , a piracy expert and maritime editor of Somalia Report , an independent online publication . Judith Tebbutt was abducted by armed men from a remote safari lodge near to the Somali border earlier this month . Her husband , David Tebbutt , was killed in the attack when he resisted , according to Kenyan police . A Kenyan man has been charged in connection with the attack , a lawyer familiar with the case told CNN Monday . Ali Babitu Kololo , who worked at the luxury resort in Kiwayu where the attack took place , was charged with robbery with violence and abducting with the intention to murder , according to a lawyer present at the hearing at the Lamu law courts . Kololo pleaded not guilty to both counts . A second man , Issa Sheck Saadi , is expected to appear in court at a later date . Details of the incident are still sketchy and the British government has asked journalists not to reveal the exact location of Tebbutt to avoid abduction attempts from rival gangs . Initially , it was feared that al-Shabaab , the al Qaeda-linked militant group , had conducted the operation as a revenge attack against the British nationals . But a security analyst based in Nairobi , who tracks piracy operations but is not authorized to speak to the media , also believes this is the work of pirates . `` This is not the work of al-Shabaab , '' he said , `` this is the work of southern armed gangs and pirates . '' No ransom demands have been made yet , says Mwangura . But if Somali pirates carried out the operation , it represents a marked departure in tactics . For years , pirates have attacked commercial ships in the busy shipping lanes between Europe and Asia . A cargo ship has insurance , and after months of negotiations pirates can often clear several million U.S. dollars . Some analysts believe that Somali pirates are now moving onto land because it 's getting harder out at sea . `` Their inability to operate freely in the waters is forcing them onto land , '' says Andrews Atta-Asamoah , a senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies . `` It 's significant if you place it in the context of the struggle against piracy . Since the whole push against piracy by international navies , the pirates have been looking for new territory and new frontiers . '' Atta-Asamoah says that Kenya is a natural target because if its porous border with Somalia and a high number of foreign visitors and workers . The Kenyan government , prompted by their reliance on tourism for foreign exchange , says they are making every effort to secure the border with Somalia . Others say that , rather than a trend , this is a one-time attack caused by a more prosaic fact : the weather . Monsoon rains off the coast of Somalia at this time of year makes operating offshore difficult . `` This incident is a special case , '' says Mwangura .
NEW : A Kenyan man is charged in connection with the attacks . Judith Tebbutt was taken from a Kenyan lodge earlier this month . Officials believe she is being held in a remote corner of Somalia . Analyst believes this is the work of Somali pirates .