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A man has been arrested after an alleged stabbing attack on Victoria's surf coast.

Police were informed a knife-wielding man had allegedly entered a number of businesses along Zeally Bay Road and Fischer Street in Torquay about 10.45am today.

One victim was allegedly approached and stabbed by the man on Zeally Bay Road.

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He received a minor injury and was assessed by paramedics at the scene.

The offender then entered a pharmacy on Gilbert Street where he allegedly assaulted two customers.

CCTV obtained by 9News shows the man wearing a puffer jacket allegedly lunge towards several customers including a man holding a young child. 

One witness told 9News the pharmacy was busy at the time of the alleged attack. 

"He said 'I'm coming back to get you all'," she said.

"So we shut the doors as quick as we could and someone said he was on the outside trying to get back in.

"There were a lot of the people inside the pharmacy at the time and everyone was shocked."

No customers or staff were injured.

The man, aged in his 50s, ran from the scene and was arrested a short time later at a home in Torquay.

He has been taken to hospital for assessment.

Investigations are ongoing.

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Two people have died in a light plane crash in Victoria's alpine region.

The aircraft was flying over Embankment Drive when it crashed at Mount Beauty Airfield about 1.40pm today.

The crash prompted a wide-scale emergency response.

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"Paramedics responded with significant resources dispatched to the scene including Advanced Life Support (ALS) paramedics, Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance (MICA) paramedics and an air ambulance," Victoria Ambulance said in a statement.

Two people were treated at the scene but could not be saved.

Police said the pair are yet to be formally identified but are understood to be the pilot and passenger.

They were the only occupants on board, police said.

A report will be prepared for the Coroner.

Mount Beauty is a township in north-eastern Victoria, near the Kiewa Valley and Falls Creek.

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