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"&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0819_alex_band_1_wm\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/08/19/0819-alex-band-1-wm-1.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Calling&lt;/strong&gt; singer &lt;strong&gt;Alex Band&lt;/strong&gt; has released photos of the injuries he allegedly sustained during a violent abduction Sunday morning in Michigan ... but let's be honest ... they don't paint a picture of a \"near-death\" encounter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex's publicist tells TMZ ...&amp;#160; the singer suffered a fractured lower spine, 15 stitches to the lower chin, 3 broken teeth and is bruised on his side and stomach from a beating that occurred after Band was snatched off a Lapeer, Michigan street by mysterious people in a van.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0819_alex_band_2_wm\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/08/19/0819-alex-band-2-wm-1.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the rep, the only reason Alex escaped with his life is because his captors took mercy on him for having a baby on the way. The rep says Alex told them, \"Don't kill me as I am about to be a dad,\" and the captors responded, \"We don't kill fathers.\" It's like something out of a bad movie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As we first reported, police are investigating the incident ... but we've tried multiple times to get someone from the PD on the phone and they're stonewalling it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=\"float: right;\"&gt;&lt;!-- relatedpoll --&gt;&lt;/div&gt;And get this ... Alex's PR team just announced The Calling's big comeback.&amp;#160; Coincidence?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even though it smells fishy, Band is sticking by his story, insisting, \"I was near death due to this unbelievable situation and the rumors are categorically false and not a hoax as reported.&amp;#8221;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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