The family of jailed drug lord Tony Mokbel are consoling each other as he recovers in hospital after being stabbed behind bars.
Mokbel was allegedly ambushed by a group of Pacific Islanders and stabbed in the upper body in the yard of Victoria's Barwon Prison on Monday afternoon.
His ex-wife Carmel DeLorenzo and daughter Susan were seen with a friend outside the family's home in Melbourne on Wednesday.
Tony Mokbel's ex-wife Carmel DeLorenzo (right) and daughter Susan (left) were seen outside the family's home in Melbourne on Wednesday
Drug kingpin Mokbel (pictured in 2007) was allegedly ambushed by a group of Pacific Islanders and stabbed and stomped
Susan carried a bouquet of flowers and a cardboard box from well-wishers to help ease the stress of Mokbel's severe injuries.
Mother and daughter stood outside and chatted to a friend in a white jumper who had come to give them her best.
Susan last year spoke of growing up in the household of one of the nation's most wanted criminals, who was finally jailed for at least 22 years in 2012.
'I don't think it was different at all... define most childhoods growing up?' Ms Mokbel told Daily Mail Australia in June.
Mokbel and Ms DeLorenzo married when he was in his early 20s and the couple had two children - a son Sajih, and Susan.
Susan carried a bouquet of flowers and a cardboard box from well-wishers to help ease the stress of Mokbel's severe injuries
Susan last year spoke of growing up in the household of one of the nation's most wanted criminals, who was finally jailed for at least 22 years in 2012
After moving to Australia with his family in the mid-1970s, he established himself as a drug kingpin by the 1980s and was soon heading up 'The Company'.
He fled Australia in 2006 and sailed to Greece where he was joined by his girlfriend Danielle McGuire. He was eventually captured in 2007.
Ms McGuire's daughter Brittany said her stepfather was tough enough to survive the alleged jail yard stabbing.
'He is fine. He is a soldier... We just want him to get better,' she told the Herald Sun on Tuesday.
Mother and daughter stood outside and chatted to a friend in a white jumper who had come to give them her best
Mokbel's family gathered as remained in the Royal Melbourne Hospital in a critical condition after undergoing emergency surgery
Mokbel was reportedly walking past a 21st birthday party when he was allegedly stabbed in a prison brawl.
He had earlier been offered to move into protection, after a report he was embroiled in a feud with Islanders, but refused.
One of the two men charged is believed to be the inmate whose birthday was being celebrated, The Herald Sun reported.
He and the other 21-year-old accused will appear in Geelong Magistrates Court for a filing hearing on Friday.
Mokbel was allegedly set upon by the group as he was returning to his cell after seeing a visitor.
Many of the 53-year-old's alleged attackers are said to have stood over and mocked him as he bled on the ground.
He was allegedly stabbed with crudely-made shivs - one of which was allegedly hidden inside a zucchini - and stomped in the head.
Mokbel remains in the Royal Melbourne Hospital in a stable condition after undergoing emergency surgery.
Mokbel was allegedly bashed and stabbed while walking past a 21st birthday party
Guards at Barwon Prison (pictured) reportedly offered Mokbel protection, which he declined
The 53-year-old gangland figure was allegedly set upon by two inmates on Monday afternoon at Victoria's Barwon Prison and airlifted to hospital (pictured)
The maximum-security prison, near Geelong, remained in lockdown following the alleged stabbing as new details about the incident emerge.
It's understood three inmates came to Mokbel's aid, where Steven Logan, 31, was also injured in the alleged attack.
Victoria Police said the injured man was released from Geelong Hospital on Tuesday morning and has since returned to Barwon Prison.
The two alleged attackers were charged with attempted murder, intentionally causing serious injury and causing serious injury intentionally in circumstances of gross violence.
Mokbel (pictured) underwent emergency surgery on Monday night following the alleged attack
Mokbel is seen in 2008 arriving at the Supreme Court in Athens, where he unsuccessfully fought his extradition to Australia
Seven News also claimed prison management knew Mokbel's life was potentially in danger, where staff were recently briefed on intelligence that an attack was likely.
A close friend of Mokbel's, who wished to remain anonymous, questioned the timing of the alleged attack.
'Tony's done several years in prison now, many years without any problems or issues and all the sudden within a few days of the Royal Commission starting, he gets attacked and viciously almost killed,' she told Seven News.
'So you've really got to wonder about the timing of this all.'
Corrections Commissioner Emma Cassar said good quality security camera footage of the alleged incident showed Mokbel walking towards a unit in the mainstream compound of the jail when he was allegedly attacked.
Brittany McGuire (pictured), 22, is the daughter of Mokbel's ex-partner Danielle
Brittany McGuire was seen on Tuesday at LA Hair & Salon in Port Melbourne as her stepfather fought for life in hospital
'He was approached by two prisoners who assaulted him, knocked him to the ground and you can see the footage very clearly, showing a number of stabbing actions,' she told 3AW on Tuesday.
'Another prisoner did come to Tony Mokbel's aid it seems, and he was also injured. In terms of the relationship between those two people,
