Officers were told a man was observed behaving erratically at the Marketplace shops on Lyall Road in Berwick at about 12.30pm today allegedly armed with a knife. 

Two people were injured and taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Passersby helped restrain the man until police arrived. 

“The exact circumstances surrounding the incident are being investigated,” Victoria Police said in a statement.

“It is not believed parties are known to each other.”